Zinedine Zidane Talks Real Madrid vs. Manchester City, Cristiano Ronaldo, More

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane has admitted his side will have failed if they do not eliminate Manchester City from the UEFA Champions League at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday night, booking a place in the final against either Atletico Madrid or Bayern Munich. 

Sam Marsden of Sport quoted the Frenchman in his pre-match press conference on Tuesday, as Los Blancos welcome the Sky Blues to the Spanish capital for the second leg of the semi-final after a goalless draw at the Etihad Stadium.

Zidane said:

Yes [it would be a failure].

Up until this point, we have said that we have won nothing. We are in a good moment, but the idea is to give our all tomorrow and to try to reach the final. 

But it will be a really difficult game. If we don’t go through, it will be a failure because we want to go through.

The French coach also confirmed Cristiano Ronaldo will return for the Galacticos after missing the first leg with an injury.

Tom Beck of Goal.com quoted Zidane speaking about the Portuguese icon’s availability, but he added Karim Benzema will not be risked for the tie—and …

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