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Zinedine Zidane warns Real Madrid will not sit on lead against Atletico


Real Madrid head coach Zinedine Zidane insists his players have no intention of sitting back on their 3-0 lead over city rivals Atletico at Vicente Calderon when they look to secure a place in the Champions League final.
A hat-trick from Cristiano Ronaldo at the Santiago Bernabeu last week means the holders are very much on course for Cardiff next month, barring one of the most unlikely comebacks.
Nevertheless, Zidane maintains Los Blancos have to head into the tie with the same mindset which saw them dispose of Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals and keep the pressure on at the top of LaLiga with a 4-0 win at Granada.
“Our idea doesn’t change and our way of playing is always to give our best. The message to the players is to continue on the path that we are on and give everything out on the field. We are not going to change the way we play,” Zidane said at Real Madrid’s pre-match press conference.
“We will try to go in to the game as we have been doing so far. You have to go out on to the field, try to play and do your best to win the game.”
No side has ever recovered from a two-goal deficit in the semi-finals, while it is sure to be an emotionally-charged atmosphere in what will be the last European tie at Atletico’s intimidating home before the club moves to the state-of-the-art Wanda Metropolitano.
Zidane, though, will not let any talk of a Vicente Calderon swansong or the prospect of a shock result cloud the thinking of his team, who have so far scored in 60 consecutive games.
“I only focus on what we have tomorrow. Things from the outside don’t interest me. The players and I are only thinking about the game,” he said.
“Atletico will have their weapons and we have to try to continue on our path, which has got us to where we are. We have to give our all from the first minute, we are clear about that.”
Defenders Pepe and Raphael Varane have both returned to training, but it remains to be seen whether they will feature at Vicente Calderon, where Zidane is expected to recall his key men having made sweeping changes against Granada.
Atletico coach Diego Simeone will be looking for a repeat of the 4-0 home LaLiga win in February 2015 as Los Colchoneros aim to produce the most unlikely of turnaround against their bitter rivals.
Midfielder Saul Niguez believes patience will be key, both on the field and in the stands.
“It is a game where we have to give everything for the fans so that they can always be proud of their players,” he said, quoted in Marca.
“The first objective is not to go crazy, it is a very complicated game and is going to be difficult, so we have to go step by step, scoring a goal in the first half would give us a lot of strength and our fans can make (Real) very nervous.”
Simeone sees no reason to believe his squad cannot pull off an unlikely result.
“We trust what we can do, I trust a lot in my players,” the Atletico coach said at a press conference.

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