Will Zinédine Zidane's men succeed in winning a fourteenth Champions League? By conceding on February 26, in the first leg, a 2-1 defeat at the Santiago Bernabeu against Manchester City, Real Madrid obviously did not leave the favorites, this Friday evening, to win the qualification in the quarter-finals against one of the big English championship stables. Recent winner of La Liga in front of FC Barcelona, the Merengues have nevertheless displayed a completely different face since the defeat against City. And Zidane seems to have found his "paw" since his team has chained 10 successes in a row since the restart of the season to regain the Spanish title from the Barcelona rival.
It is therefore in full confidence that Zidane will find his "garden", the Champions League, where he has never bitten the dust as a coach. Without Sergio Ramos suspended, but with a Karim Benzema on fire (26 goals and 11 assists this season), Zidane will have to find the words to push his team to achieve the feat of qualifying. “My job is to convey a sense of calm in difficult times. Be quiet, patient, positive, ”he says.
However, Liverpool's runner-up this season, Manchester City, has the cards in hand to qualify and thus believe in his chances of winning his ticket to the “Final 8”, which will take place in Lisbon from August 12, and hope then win the first Champions League in its history.
