Real Madrid And Asensio woke up after the warnings of Zidane and Luis Enrique: "Everything takes a process"
Almost three years after the final in
Kiev, Real Madrid and Liverpool meet
again in the
Champions League
.
In this case, in a quarter-final that will be decided in just eight days, first at
Di Stéfano
and then at
Anfield Road
, and both teams arrive with significant losses.
Sergio Ramos and Virgil Van Dijk
, captains and leaders of the defense,
will not be there
, but as
Zinedine Zidane
insists on pointing out: "Our value is the team. And they are not just the top three players, they are a very complete team."
And he argued that it will be "
a different match from 2018
, for us and for them."
The French coach appeared at the press conference prior to the match on Tuesday (9:00 p.m.) and praised his team, which has not lost in the league or continental competition since the
1-2 defeat against Levante on January 30
.
Asked if they had been underestimated, the Frenchman replied: "I think so. I trust my team a lot, I know what it can give. We cannot change that.
We never give things up for lost. Until there is life there is hope
We are alive, we are going to fight, to fight. We have to keep fighting. "
One of the protagonists of the press conference was
Eden Hazard
, who has completed three training sessions in a row with his teammates and could return in time from his injury to help the team.
"
I hope to get Eden back as soon as possible
," Zidane said.
We will have to wait for the call to see if the Belgian is ready for the duel against the 'reds'.
"We want Eden to be calm.
I do not think his return was hasty
. Now we will do things little by little and see when it will be."
About his rival on the bench tomorrow,
Jurgen Klopp
, Zidane recalled that he studied his game a lot during his preparation to take the coaching course: "He is a great coach, he has experience ... Then everyone has their things, it is not that I have to do it like him or he like me. I look at all the coaches,
I saw many things about him, especially when I was doing the coaching course
".
Nacho: "We deserve respect"
After Zidane, it was the turn for
Nacho
, the undisputed starter for the coach since
Sergio Ramos's
injury
.
The youth squad again insisted on his coach's message: "
We deserve respect
and we deserve to fight for the League and the Champions League. We are in a club that we live every minute under pressure. Now when these stages come we give our best to try to lift some qualification".
The center-back assured that he is "
in the best moment" of his career
and wished
Luis Enrique
to remember him for the European Championship: "I have a confidence that I have never felt before. I hope the coach changes his mind and can be on the last list ".
On the renewal of his friend and teammate Ramos
, which directly affects his (contract ends in 2022), Nacho was sincere: "Of course, that Madrid renew Ramos, that he signs a central, that he signs two ... It's normal "Everything affects.
I will look and then analyze and talk with my club
and my family. I have not spoken with the club yet, I have this season and another one left. I will make the best decision for me after speaking with my club."
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