Brazilian defender Dani Alves admits he wants Barcelona's Champions League conquerors Atletico Madrid to come out on top in Saturday's Champions League final.
Diego Simeone's side have the chance to secure a maiden Champions League crown against Barca's big rivals, Real Madrid, in Milan.
Atleti's route to the final saw them eliminate Alves and his team-mates at the quarter-final stage, before edging past Bayern Munich in the semis.
Altletico Madrid knocked Dani Alves and and his Barcelona team-mates out of this year's Champions League
With the Catalans out of contention, Alves wants their conquerors win it at the expense of Real Madrid
Real Madrid's bid to secure their 'Undecima' is all that stands in Atletico's way of a first Champions League crown.
The clash between the two giants of the Spanish capital is a rematch of the 2014 final that Real eventually won 4-1. Although Atleti led that night until Sergio Ramos' strike in the 93rd minute, before collapsing in extra time.
Alves says his Barca allegiances mean he is loathe to see Real win, but he feels Simeone's side have earned the right to call themselves European champions.
'I want Atletico to win in. But not just because I want Madrid to lose,' Alves told AS.
Alves says Diego Simeone's side 'deserve' to win the Champions League because of their hard work
'I like it when Madrid doesn't win, that is obvious. But I want Atletico to win it because they are a team that has worked for it.
'They deserve a title of this level, and they come into it competing with the most.
'Madrid already have many Champions [League trophies]. I would like Atletico to have a prize for all the work they have done in recent years.'
Saturday's final is a repeat of the 2014 edition where Sergio Ramos broke Atletico hearts in the 93rd minute
DANI ALVES BARCA TROPHY HAUL
La Liga: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015-16
Copa del Rey: 2008–09, 2011–12, 2014–15
Supercopa de España: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013
Champions League: 2008–09, 2010–11, 2014–15
Super Cup: 2009, 2011, 2015
FIFA Club World Cup: 2009, 2011, 2015