Speaking in his pre-match press conference, Zidane however pointed out that it will be a hard game for Madrid.
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“I think we have to go out and play our own game and try and impose ourselves on the other team. The idea is they’ll play”. “We need the fans to support us tomorrow, of course”.Kompany has been troubled by a calf injury this season but is adamant that he is fit and ready to face the fearsome Madrid front line.
Cape Town – Gareth Bale admits he is relishing the opportunity to return to England ahead of Real Madrid’s Champions League semi-final clash with Manchester City.
“Today [Saturday], the whole team were strong and fought until the end”.
Tuesday’s match is set to be former Tottenham favourite Bale’s first on English soil since leaving the Premier League for the Spanish capital in 2013. “If you are not hungry on Tuesday, you never will be”.
Iheanacho started his first Premier League game in 10 weeks in the win over Stoke, which moved City back up to third in the table and five points clear of Manchester United in the battle for a top-four finish. He then sat out Saturday’s 4-0 thrashing of Stoke but is now confident of his fitness. “People will talk about the goals but beyond that he was phenomenal too”, Zidane said. That is what I have in my head. This is Real’s 27th semi-final, and they have reached the final 13 times, and Kompany recognises that City need time to develop this kind of pedigree. “I will keep focusing on the positive”. We know he’s a good player in form.
Kompany said: “I have been through a very long process with this team”.
“Now nearly everybody is back and it gives us a different feeling”, De Bruyne said.
“I think that the most important thing is to score away from home”, he told the club’s website. “What happened in the past is the past”.
Manuel Pellegrini says Pep Guardiola would still be replacing him as Man City boss – even if he had won the Champions League twice. But they were able to advance thanks to Cristiano Ronaldo’s hat trick. “We know they are a very tough team to beat but we will be going there to win the game”.
City’s hopes of progress in their last two campaigns were undermined by red cards in their ties against Barcelona.
“It’s very important to enjoy the semi-final as it’s not an achievement we do every year”.
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And Pellegrini added: “I don’t think he will be fit for Sunday (at Southampton), we will see how he improves during the week”.
