Zinedine Zidane spoke in press conference before facing Atlético Madrid in the second leg of the semi-finals of the Champions League. The manager is relaxed after the game, although he knows it will be tough to go through. The idea is to attack and score at least one goal.
The manager doesn’t want to play with the result obtained in the first leg: “In football you never know, we only want to play great to go through. We start with 0-0 and we have to win to go through. We are going to try to win”.
The team is in a good run and they want to keep going like this until the end of the season: “Physically we are in a great moment, the footballers who play more and the ones that play less. They know we face now the most difficult part but it’s beautiful. You are working 8 months to arrive to this moment”.
The manager also wanted to defend his players: “The dressing room is very professional and they are ambitious. We know where we are but we have a passion. Every game is different and tomorrow’s is complicated. We have to be focused on what we want to do”.
Zizou didn’t want to think about the result at Bernabéu: “The way to be wrong tomorrow is thinking about the first leg. We have to do it well, not invent anything strange. We are one step away from the final, but we are not there”.
The coach continued with the idea of winning the game: “We are going to try playing and score, like always. What we want to do won’t change”. However, it won’t be easy: “I’m sure we’ll suffer but we are going to keep going. Trying to do the best from the first minute”.
Zidane’s work will depend on these five games until the end of the season: “Failure is not doing the maximum to get the things done. Besides, in these 8-9 months the players have worked with a lot of professionalism. Every three days we have the possibility to show what we are doing. Being unfair or the failure is not doing your best”.
Finally, the French coach analyzed which things changed from his arrival: “We’ve won two finals but we can’t think about it. Tomorrow is another game. We have our weapons and they have theirs. Winning these two finals don’t mean that we’re going to go through and if we think about it we are wrong”.
Real Madrid need to score one goal to secure a spot in the final in Cardiff. Los Blancos have scored at least one goal in the last 60 games and we have to go back to the first leg of the semi-finals last year to see ‘0’ in the scoreboard against Manchester City. It won’t be an easy battle but we believe in Zidane’s team and they could get a draw at Calderón to qualify to the third final in four years.
Atlético Madrid v Real Madrid Champions League Prediction and Preview
Atlético Madrid v Real Madrid meet again on Wednesday (19:45, UK Time) in the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals after the great result obtained (3-0) by Los Blancos at Santiago Bernabéu.
Atlético Madrid v Real Madrid Preview
Atlético Madrid supporters still believe that they can win their ticket to the Cardiff final. They need to make a shocking comeback against city rivals Real Madrid after been thrashed (3-0) at Santiago Bernabéu. Simeone’s speech was to believe that everything could be possible and Vicente Calderón stadium will be hell for Los Blancos. The Argentinian coach could have Juanfran and Giménez back in the list, so this time they will have the full defense available.
Real Madrid are in a great run and they thrashed Granada on the road on Saturday. Los Blancos are only five games ahead of winning the Champions League and La Liga, with all the players showing a great quality. Zidane doesn’t have available Carvajal, Bale and Pepe for the game, so Nacho should play as a right back, whereas Isco will be in the line-up again.
Atlético Madrid v Real Madrid Predicted Line Ups
Atlético Madrid (4-4-2): Oblak; Juanfran, Savic, Godin, Filipe, Gabi, Koke, Saúl, Carrasco, Griezmann and Gameiro
Real Madrid (4-4-2): Keylor; Nacho, Varane, Ramos, Marcelo, Casemiro, Modric, Kroos, Isco, Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo
Real Madrid (4-4-2): Keylor; Nacho, Varane, Ramos, Marcelo, Casemiro, Modric, Kroos, Isco, Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo
Atlético Madrid v Real Madrid Betting Tips
Atlético Madrid have won 6, drawn 2 and lost 2 games out of the last 10.
Real Madrid have won 8, drawn 1 and lost 1 of the last 10 games.
In the last 10 games, Atlético Madrid have scored an average of 1,4 goals and have received an average of 0,6 goals.
In the last 10 games, Real Madrid have scored an average of 3,1 goals per game and have conceded 1,3 goals per game.
There have been over 2,5 goals in 3 of the last 10 Atlético Madrid games.
There have been 2,5 goals in 9 of the last 10 Real Madrid games.
Real Madrid have won 8, drawn 1 and lost 1 of the last 10 games.
In the last 10 games, Atlético Madrid have scored an average of 1,4 goals and have received an average of 0,6 goals.
In the last 10 games, Real Madrid have scored an average of 3,1 goals per game and have conceded 1,3 goals per game.
There have been over 2,5 goals in 3 of the last 10 Atlético Madrid games.
There have been 2,5 goals in 9 of the last 10 Real Madrid games.
Atlético Madrid v Real Madrid Prediction
Real Madrid need to score one goal to secure a spot in the final in Cardiff. Los Blancos have scored at least one goal in the last 60 games and we have to go back to the first leg of the semi-finals last year to see ‘0’ in the scoreboard against Manchester City. It won’t be an easy battle but we believe in Zidane’s team and they could get a draw at Calderón to qualify to the third final in four years.
In their clash this year at Vicente Calderón, Real Madrid won (0-3) thanks to a hat-trick scored by Cristiano Ronaldo. The Portuguese also punished the neighbours in the first leg with three goals and Atlético were able to draw (1-1) at Bernabéu in La Liga.
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