How do you face a game as important as tomorrow's ?: “We have to face it as a final for us. We have to play it well as a team, be together and united and help each other. I hope we are going to be up to the game.”
How are you? Do you see yourself in Madrid next season ?: “I feel good. These games that I have not played are a decision of the coach. When I go out I try to help the team and do well. I feel good, I feel strong. I still have enough football in my legs and strength to continue. They ask me a lot because of my situation. Let's see what happens. I'm calm. “
What is failing so that such an irregular Madrid is being seen ?: “There is a little bit of everything missing. First, that we are all there, that there are no injuries. That is very important. We lack solidity and regularity, but this season we have shown a lot of good things. That is what we have to take as positive and move forward . It is not easy because there are other circumstances. Now every time when you play without an audience, it costs more. This is also a small problem for us. But it is how it is, and it is important that it is played. As the games go by we will keep improving and having a good season. “
Lately the players are coming out a lot in defense of Zidane, why ?: “We have always defended the coach since he arrived at Madrid. Of course we are with him, we have never doubted. We have won many things together and I hope that in the future we will win the same.”
Without Benzema, how does the game change for midfielders ?: “Karim is very important to us, to our game. How he associates and helps in the creation of the game. The other day maybe we lacked a bit of that, but I think we had a good first half. Mariano is a different type of player, but he has shown that we can have confidence in him. Without Karim we have to give a little more all and try to cover his absence in the best possible way. “
Champions League
* Data updated as of November 24, 2020
Your renewal with Madrid is pending, do you want to continue or is a change proposed ?: “I've said it many times. Let's see what happens. Many times they ask me and I always give the same answer. I feel good and I want to continue at Real Madrid as long as I can help the team and that's how I feel right now. I don't know what it's going to happen. But of course I want to continue. “
How do you see the situation of the team in the Champions League? What is the use of what you experienced last season ?: “Every game is complicated. If you are not at your highest level, it is difficult for you to win games, especially in Europe. We have to show the strength and unity that we have shown so many times in this competition.”
What do you think of the casualties due to the intense calendar ?: “There are too many games. Every three days with national teams, Europe, LaLiga … But it is as it is. We live in a very complicated time and it seems that they always want to implement more games and competitions and nobody asks about the health of the players. Many injuries, not only in our team, we have to think about whether we are going to be positive or negative in coronavirus and that is also mentally tiring. We have to look more for the players. More games and competitions are going nowhere. If they continue injuring players, who are we going to play those games with? “
Does it affect you that there is so much talk about the renewal of Ramos ?: “It does not bother us or affect us. It is a matter between him and the club. It goes without saying how important Sergio is to us and what he has done at this club. I hope he reaches an agreement for the good of all.”
He could be an Inter player: “What happened in 2018 is back and it makes no sense to talk about this. I am happy at Real Madrid.”
How do you see Odegaard, who can debut tomorrow in the Champions League ?: “I see him well. He is training well. He had some injury problems at the beginning of the season, but now he has been training with us for a long time. He is a great boy, as a very talented player. He is going to help us with his virtues. He just has to be relaxed, enjoy the game and give the best of yourself. “