ronaldo jersey cheap Jurgen Klopp sent Germany’s Under-21s a special video message ahead of Sunday’s European Championship final against an extravagantly talented Spain squad.

“Fortunately, about five, six, seven weeks ago, we showed that the Spanish can be beaten – even when they have [Lionel] Messi,” the Liverpool boss enthused, alluding to his side’s rousing Champions League semi-final defeat of Barcelona.

However, while Spain may not have had Messi on the pitch at a packed Stadio Friuli on Sunday night – or anyone quite like him for that matter – they did have Fabian Ruiz, a man as important to La Rojita as the Argentine is to the Blaugrana, as he made clear in their 2-1 triumph in Udine.

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Of course, his influence was obvious in Spain’s tournament-opener against Italy, when Fabian was forced off injured at half-time with the game tied at one goal apiece in Bologna. Without their talismanic No.6, La Rojita lost all control in the middle of the park and slumped to a 3-1 defeat.