What did Ruben Diaz say about the match against "Real" and the current situation of "City"?

Manchester City defender Ruben Diaz has joined Pep Guardiola in a press conference ahead of the Champions League play-off clash with Real Madrid. The Portuguese defender spoke about the upcoming match, former teammate Kyle Walker and the current state of City.

"I didn't think for a second that Real Madrid were disrespecting me after Rodri won the Ballon d'Or. I was just happy and proud.

The stronger we are in defence tomorrow, the better we will play.

At the same time, I want to emphasize that I don't see any rivalry between Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappe. This is an important match between Manchester City and Real Madrid. Both teams have enough star players.

Kyle Walker was one of the players we all believed in. Unfortunately, he is not with us now. So someone else has to take the lead. Of course, we have top players who can do that.

If we look at the current tournament table, we can see that it is very difficult. I just want to be part of the process and work with the team.

We are going to play against the Royals We understand how good we need to be to win. Last season we dominated, but we couldn't score the goal we needed. We will try not to make such mistakes in tomorrow's match.

Our biggest mistake was to relax due to Real Madrid's defensive losses. We need to reach their level, then maybe we can take advantage of this situation.

I must emphasize that we don't know who will play against Real Madrid, but we have options to replace Walker. The important thing is a team effort, we don't pay attention to individual players of the opposing team," said one of the main defenders of the "city".

We remind you that the young defender of our national team Abdukadir Khusanov is included in the roster for tomorrow's match. He may make his debut for Manchester City against Real Madrid. Follow “Zamin” news on “Telegram”