Cristiano Ronaldo was keen to spread positivity around the Real Madrid camp after he sat out Tuesday’s Champions League semi-final first-leg 0-0 draw at Manchester City.
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Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema, left and Real Madrid’s Jese Rodriguez wait to kick off after Rayo scored during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Rayo Vallecano and Real Madrid at the Vallecas stadium in Madrid, Spain, Saturday April 23, 2016. It was certainly a busy one for me, especially.
Kompany, 30, knows he is running out of time to land club football’s biggest prize and says it will be the biggest game of his life.
“We tried to create until David was injured”.
City will be without David Silva for the second leg after he came off with a hamstring injury on Tuesday but hope to have Yaya Toure fit from the thigh problem that ruled him out of the first leg. “We have such a good record at home in the Champions League so we’re looking forward to it. I’m sure the way we turned it round against Wolfsburg [winning the return 3-0] did make a sound wave across Europe and that’s always good for us”.
This is certainly doable for the Germans, who have a reputation for being able to overturn first leg losses, with a dogged determination and never-say-die attitude.
“It’s important that I did my job and we didn’t concede, but it has gone now”.
Pellegrini’s line-up at St Mary’s could be interesting given the widespread changes he made after complaining about fixture congestion ahead of February’s FA Cup clash at Chelsea. The story of this Champions League for us has been different to previous seasons.
“We defended really well, above all in the second half”.
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The England number one said: “It’s a 0-0 and it’s put us in a good place – we believe we can go over there and get the result we need”. We want more and will show that next Wednesday and on Sunday at Southampton. “Our support is there and thanks to them, we will try to reach [the final in] Milan”, the right-back confirmed, according to AS.
