French coach Zinedine Zidane faces the most difficult test with Real Madrid when he receives German Borussia Monchengladbach tomorrow, Wednesday, in the last group match of the Champions League, while Italian Antonio Conte is looking for a miraculous achievement when he faces Shakhtar Donetsk, Ukraine.
Zidane stressed that he is not afraid of losing his position if the team fails to qualify for the eighth of the Champions League final, which is an unprecedented result in the history of the club that holds the record for crowning the championship with 13 titles.
According to media reports, Zidane would lose his position if Real failed to qualify, but the French coach insisted that his only focus is on getting the three points more than thinking about his future.
"The club will do what it has to do (if not qualify) as it always does, but I just focus on the game. I don't think of anything other than winning. I focus on tomorrow's game and know what we have to do. It will be," Zidane told a news conference. A difficult game, but we want to leave the field and we are happy with the performance. "
"We know that there is another match (Inter against Shakhtar), but we are focusing on ourselves only. We will face a strong opponent who will make things difficult for us. We know exactly the position of the team. We want 3 points to lead the group, and this is all we are thinking about now. All matches are important. But there is a great opportunity to show our capabilities as a team. "
For his part, the Inter Milan coach rejected speculation by Italian media about the possibility of an agreement from under the table in the Real Madrid and Borussia Monchengladbach match that could prevent his team from qualifying for the next round, describing these speculations as frustrating.
Conte is convinced that all teams will strive to win the last group stage match (Reuters)
Coach Conte's team needs to beat its guest star Shakhtar Donetsk tomorrow, Wednesday, in their last match in Group Two, to have any chance of occupying the first two places.
But if Inter wins and Real Madrid draw with Monchengladbach in the other match, Real and Monchengladbach will qualify.
There were reports in Italian media about the conspiracy theory, and in response to a question about whether he feared this would happen in the other match, Conte said, "We are playing in the Champions League. We are talking about big clubs. I am not at all worried about what might happen in Madrid." Let's not talk about the other games. "
"I hope the media will not focus too much on rumors of an agreement to achieve a result in the interests of both teams. It is frustrating to hear this. It is just speculation, but Inter, Shakhtar, Real and Monchengladbach will all play to win," he added.
Mönchengladbach leads the group with 8 points, followed by Real Madrid and Shakhtar with 7 points each, while Inter have 5 points.