"Even if this good result in the first leg could turn out to
be extremely important for the qualification, I am expecting
a difficult match in Old Trafford. But this is when Real
will have to show that we are really strong."
Speaking to L'Equipe, he looked back on the first leg as a game he
enjoyed playing in:
"When people watch such a game they are happy, and I am too.
Experiencing evenings like that really makes you think that
football is magical. We never gave Manchester United the
opportunity to express their game, we were more than good in
the first half. We held on to the ball like never before,
and when we do that it is very difficult for any team,
Manchester or another, to take it away from us."
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