Madrid (AFP)
Zinédine Zidane: "a great man", according to Inter Milan coach Antonio Conte, who shared "very good memories" with his French counterpart Real Madrid, whom he will face on Tuesday evening (9 p.m. / 8 p.m. GMT ) for the 3rd day of the Champions League.
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Already crucial match
Zinédine Zidane, Real Madrid coach: "It's going to be a complicated match, against a good, very physical team, who play very well football. For us, it's a final. And we will take it like that (.. .) Here, every day is a final. We aspire to win everything. Always. A friendly match, a training session, a match ... We always want to show that we are good and we always want more ".
Antonio Conte, Inter Milan coach: "Real are a very big club, its history proves it. It also proves the value that the Champions League has for these footballers, who have already won this competition several times. We are going to suffer, but we are here to offer our game, without being afraid of anyone, and not to stay in a corner like a boxer defending himself, waiting for the only blow to knock out " .
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Varane: "In this period, we have to be ready to face this type of unforeseen event. We did not consider the possibility of not playing the match. We must always be ready, and adapt to each situation. (...) It's true that we have some absent behind, but we must be physically ready to play every three days. We know that there have been a lot of injured players in the selection, we know the risks . But we don't think of that, or of fatigue. We think of giving everything to win. "
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Zidane: “The players who are here all want to make history. They always want more, they always want to prove. These three players are important, they play well and they will do important things with this team. he says to himself a lot that we must change things ... But it is a team that can win many titles. Inside, on a daily basis, I can assure you that everyone is training hard, that they all want to progress, that they work ... Me, I enjoy with them. "
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Conte, close to coaching Real?
Conte: "In the past, there were times when I was very close to becoming the coach of Real Madrid. But the season had already started, and it would have been very complicated to start working with a season already in progress, things already started ... So I preferred to wait (...) For the moment, I am focused on Inter. I started a project here, in a very good club, I am very enthusiastic, I believe that we are creating something important and I want to continue this project. I am happy to be here. "
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Zidane and Conte, a long relationship
Conte: "I have very good memories of Zizou, of when we played together. First from a technical point of view - because he was a very technical, exceptional footballer - but I would also like to talk de + Zizou + the man. From a personal point of view, he is a great man. At the time, at Juve, we all had to work very hard, but he never hid. how he became a wonderful champion. I am very happy for him, for everything he won. I realized that he wanted to be a coach when, one day, I went to dinner with him at Turin. We talked a lot, that's when I knew that was what he wanted to do ".
Zidane: "I spent time as a player with him, he was our captain, an important player, he was a leader. The fact that he was a coach and is still a leader today. hui, that does not surprise me (...) The anecdote is that when I prepared myself as a coach, I had to go see him at Juve, but at the last moment, it did not happen. was not done ".
Interview at a press conference.
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