“We won’t be able to go out and defend, we don’t know how to do it”

the second leg. “I think we shouldn’t think too much about the first leg, about the result we had. It’s as if we had played the first half and we still have the second to play. We have a small advantage, but that doesn’t mean anything, we won’t be able to try defend, especially because it’s not our game and we don’t know how to do it. I think you have to go there with a big mind, with a lot of personality. We’ll have to try to play our game and be 100%, whether it’s mentally or tactically. Individually too, because it will be very important to win duels, either in defense or in midfield. Give your best to play a great game, because against Madrid playing at 80% will not be enough. They will not give us gifts. You have to earn qualification and go there to win.”

The Bernabeu factor. “We will have to play a great game. Do it even better than in the Parc des Princes, because we know that these players, at home, will necessarily play differently. Afterwards, we know the ingredients to put in to win a game. What I want to say It’s that with the players we have, for me, we can control the game. We also have a team that can play on the counterattack, because with the speed we have up front, with Messi, Neymar, Di María, Kylian, when we have space, we became even more dangerous. We know this team and we will prepare for this match as we did for the first leg, in the best possible way. I am sure we will be ready.”

Career in Champions. “I grew up with the club, I’ve been here 10 years. But it is a team that is special. Special in everything. It is a team that I know will one day do even more than it does today, and will be even more magnificent. After all, We all know that we have a great goal and we give everything to achieve it. We know that there are also other teams that have the same goal as us, but we are getting closer and closer. We made a final and a semifinal for two consecutive years and it is not easy achieve it in this competition where we are always going to meet great teams. But you have to try and give it your all. You shouldn’t regret it, be at 100%. And then we can leave the field with our heads held high, because we gave everything”.

maximum illusion. “Yes, of course, I can’t wait! In the first leg, our fans were huge. I was very happy that Kylian scored at the end of the first leg, because they deserved the victory, for everything they gave us. This match The first leg now helps us to arrive with all our strength. We want to give everything for them. And then I always hope to play games like this with my team, against other great players, in a great stadium, for a great game and something important”.