Zinedine Zidane appeared in the press room at Real Madrid City the day before the match against Celta. The Whites’ coach analysed the first-leg of the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey: "I am not surprised by Celta’s record and that they have won everything in 2017 because they’re a very good team, they fight and play very good football. We have to go in to it as we know how, because it’ll be another complicated match for us. It's a knock-out match and we'll see what happens tomorrow".
"The other day before the Sevilla match there were three or four changes. We have a lot of games and before the next international break we play every three days and we need everyone. We’re getting players back but we’re still without Pepe, Bale, Coentrão...they’re slowly recovering and that’s good because it makes me think more about who to pick".
The defeat in Sevilla
"These things happen. Nothing is going to change in what I’m going to do, but I do ask our fans to support us. Those who are not Real Madrid fans will want us to lose, but we must be ready and think that what we’re doing is fine. We lost a game, something that happens, and now we have to make sure that it doesn’t happen again".
"When we do something we believe in what we do. I would not change anything I did. I would have liked to keep winning, but when we lost it’s because something happened. We have had time to analyse it and we have to re-find our rhythm".
Tactical change in the Sánchez Pizjuán
"This isn’t the first time we’ve played this way and we know how to play this way. We've already done it three times. It’s not new to the players. When you play three games against the same team you have to make changes. Both ourselves and Sevilla played the three games with three different line-ups. Sometimes that you need it to surprise your opponent".
Marcelo and Roberto Carlos
"I don’t like to compare them. Both are part of the history of this club. Roberto has already done it and Marcelo has been here for 10 years and is an example in the changing room. He likes football, he enjoys it and I enjoy it because I'm his coach".