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Federico Valverde makes tongue-in-cheek joke that 'watching my son is harder than marking Andy Robertson' in an interview with his kid on his shoulders after Real Madrid beat Liverpool to win Champions League

Federico Valverde made a cheeky joke that looking after his son is harder than marking Andy Robertson after Real Madrid beat Liverpool to win the Champions League final on Saturday night.

Valverde was giving an interview on the Stade de France pitch in the aftermath of his side's victory and he had his son on his shoulders. But the young Valverde was not sitting still and kept trying to grab hold of his dad's medal, leaving the Real star focusing more attention on him than the interview he was giving.

When quizzed about how he combated Robertson's forward forays from left-back, Valverde joked: 'Watching my son is harder work than marking Robertson!