Paris (AFP)
Real Madrid tackle the shock of the Champions League Wednesday against Paris SG "with the same ambition to win but also with great humility," said Tuesday Raphael Varane, his coach Zinedine Zidane saying "ready" to face a " complicated opponent ".
In Madrid, the most successful club in the prestigious European Cup, "the requirement is very high" and "the goal is always to win," recalled the central defender. In fact, "we approach the match tomorrow with the same ambition to win but also with great humility," he summarized.
"Experience is always a plus, after that is not everything," said the 26-year-old European champion with Real in 2014 and from 2016 to 2018 without interruption.
"Like every season, you have to reset the timers and start again, I think we have a good game tomorrow, a very high level game, with intensity" and "we will try to be the most serene possible, "insisted the vice-captain of the France team.
Zinédine Zidane, the Madrid coach, also played the card of humility before the start of this European campaign.
"We know we are going to face a complicated opponent but we are ready for that," he told a press conference, referring to a Paris team "very successful" and "improving" from year to year. year.
Asked about the package of many executives PSG, Zidane was still suspicious of a team that has just recruited Mauro Icardi, the former center forward of Inter Milan.
"Of course they are better with Neymar, Cavani and Mbappé, but they are very good even without the three," relativised the French technician.
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