Nacho was the player who attended the media at the Kiev Olympics in the previous match against Shakhtar in the Champions League that will be played tomorrow (6:55 p.m.)
Field where the Thirteenth won
“It is special to return to a field where you have conquered something so beautiful. I have wonderful memories, I have also played with the National Team and it is special. Hopefully it will motivate us to win the game “
Rivals' tickets to Hazard
“It is clear that for us he is a very important player, his plays are at maximum power, maximum level. The rivals suffer a lot with him. You are having no luck with these injuries. Let's hope he recovers as soon as possible because we need him one hundred percent ”.
Relay of Sergio Ramos and the renewal of Sergio
“I have always felt very important in this squad. I don't play every game like Sergio anyway, but with all the coaches, now also with Zidane, I have considered myself very important. Now I'm playing in my position because of Sergio's loss and I think I can help the team more there. As a teammate, and especially as a friend and a Real Madrid player, I hope he will renew because he is a very important piece. I don't know what will happen, I am prepared for what comes and I will fight for my position ”.
The irregularity of Real Madrid
“What we are looking for is to be regular, to face the games a little more comfortable. Against Inter we gave a very good version, dominating almost the entire game, and against Alavés, without being one of the worst games you are losing and with actions that did not suit us. We have a great squad to keep us up there, which is what we all want ”.
Explanation in the dressing room to this irregularity
“I don't think it's a lack of motivation because we all try to represent what this shield means, which is to go out and win every game. We are also people, with good and bad days. Rivals know us more and more. It is true that it is rare to play a game like Milan and then like Alavés. What we are trying is to find a regularity so that it gives us more confidence and that there are not those ups and downs ”.
Defensive fragility compared to last year
“We don't want that data, logically. We try, first, to be good defensively, which is how games are won. Rivals study us more and more. Before being players we are people, we try to do the best we can. This is not the way to win titles, but we are doing everything possible ”.
Study rivals
“We have been with this coach for a long time and I think all the things we have done are quite good. We have always studied the rivals, the coach has given us data. Now that the results are not given it seems that everything is wrong, that there is not enough work, that we do not do things to reverse the situation. This team always shows its face. At the beginning of each season it is always said that we are not going to win much, but then we have won titles and we have done things that nobody has done. We have a lot of experience and quality, then it's football and it can go wrong or right ”
Play more
“No, I've always said it, since I was a kid. If they had made me sign everything I have experienced and everything I have played with in this shirt, I would have signed it. I dreamed of playing a game and I have more than 200. That all the coaches have counted on me says a lot good about me. Personally, I would have liked to play 50 games a year instead of 20 or 30, I will not deny it, but I am happy, I am where I want to be. Offers come every summer that offer me things that I can't quite get at Madrid, but I'm happy. Now I wouldn't trade myself for anyone ”.
The cons of Shakhtar
“We have to be much more vigilant defensively when we are attacking because we know that they are very dynamic, very fast and on the counter they do a lot of damage. You have to try to get ahead on the scoreboard and in attack, above all, be attentive to avoid their cons.