The Bavarian giants had thrashed the Gunners at home. “I believe the only thing that can scare a man is to see an incredible determination in the eyes of his opponents – that’s what I hope our fans will transmit to the players”.
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Real Madrid are without Raphael Varane so Pepe and Serigio Ramos will form the central defensive partnership.
While not in a hole as deep as Arsenal’s, Napoli are certainly in trouble heading into the second leg of this tie. Now the £86million superstar is going to be a major threat in their attempts to overturn a 3-1 deficit from the first leg in the Bernabeu.
The Wales global said: “Every game in the Premier League, you have to be at 100 per cent for 90 minutes or you will lose”.
“It will be a hard match, the same as it always is in the Champions League”, the Frenchman explained in his pre-match press conference on Monday.
The Partenopei will face Real Madrid at San Paolo on Tuesday night in Champions League round of 16 second leg. In the last round “Real”, apparently angry at themselves, at a party he defeated a strong “Eibar” (4: 1), scoring three goals in the first half hour of the game.
“They’re the favourites but we can make life hard for them”, said Sarri, who led Napoli to the Serie A runners-up spot behind Juventus last season.
Zidane has fond memories of the San Paolo stadium having played against Napoli during a five-year spell with Juventus.
“Obviously they will play with a lot of intensity at the start of the game”.
“We go out as a team now and again for food and do team bonding”.
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Rumours over star forward Cristiano Ronaldo’s rift with teammates have been circulating in what has been a lean season by his impossibly-high standards. Karim Benzema pulled them level in the 18th minute, followed by a goal from Toni Kroos and a golazo from Casemiro. He offered advice on stopping free kicks from the Portuguese. “Ronaldo’s free kicks are like a spear”. It will be hard because usually Madrid score but we believe that we can do better.
