Zidane explains why Real Madrid are the favourites in their Champions League semi-final tie with Manchester City
Zinedine Zidane has admitted that Real Madrid re the favourites in their Champions League semi-final tie with Manchester City, but has warned that premier league side are not pushovers.
“Real Madrid are always the favourites and that’s no different in the semi-final against Manchester City,” Zidane said at a media conference.
Zidane explains why Real Madrid are the favourites in their Champions League semi-final tie with Manchester City
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“But City are a great team. I do not want to hear people say Manchester City will be an easy opponent. People also said Wolfsburg were not a strong team and we saw what happened.
“I see City as a strong opponent, just like Roma and Wolfsburg were difficult rivals.
“The positive thing is that we play the return at home. It will be a balanced tie.
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Meanwhile, Manchester City manager and former Real Madrid boss has insisted that he is not targeting revenge against 10-times Champions league winners, as he was sacked just after one season by Florentino Perez.
“It’s not an extra motivation.
“The motivation is to play in the semi-finals of the Champions League.
“It’s a difficult draw. It doesn’t matter which of the three we had to play [Bayern Munich and Atletico Madrid make up the four semi-finalists] it was going to be difficult.
“The chances of continuing are the same and we expect to play a good game against a big team.
“I’m not prioritising any competition,” he said. “The best way to do it is to play well, win our games. Our target is to win the next nine points.
“We don’t need to prioritise, we play three Premier League games before we return to Champions League action. The best way is to win our games so it gives us confidence. Our target is to win the next nine points in the Premier League.”