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I wanted to play Ramos as a forward - Ancelotti

Real Madrid centre-back Sergio Ramos and his goalscoring antics have been in the headlines and he could have ended up as a forward if former boss Carlo Ancelotti had his way at the Santiago Bernabeu.

One of football's finest defenders, Ramos has proved his worth up front, coming to Madrid's rescue twice in the past fortnight.

"He continues to score miraculous goals. He does it because he has quality in front of goal," Ancelotti told AS Diario.

"In fact, he could easily have been a forward. I sometimes joked with him, telling him I was going to pick him at centre-forward.

"That personality and character that he has are really important to teams."

"I think that final was my best moment at Real Madrid," Ancelotti said.

"We won the most important trophy that we'd set ourselves as an objective.

"We'd done really well until December, then we had problems with injured players, but fortunately we were able to lift the Champions League."