hoping to emulate his predecessor and
win the UCL trophy.
Two years ago, Madrid claimed the UCL
for a 10th time under Ancelotti, winning
4-1 after extra time.
Zidane was assistant to Ancelotti and is
hoping to repeat his mentor’s feat.
Atletico provide the opponents once
again at San Siro and Zidane fondly
recalled a chat between himself and
Ancelotti prior to the 2014 showdown.
“When the match begins I’ll be more
tense, but that’s usual. It’s part of the
coaching job and I like it,” the
Frenchman said.
“I like this kind of pressure. I’ve
experienced it as a player, but as a
coach it’s completely different.
“Carlo Ancelotti used to tell me that
often, before the final in Lisbon he said
to me ‘I hope you get to experience this
some day as coach’ and, well, here we
and I keep thinking of Carlo.”
Zidane sees an improvement among his
players in recent months, but says that
will count for little once Saturday’s game
kicks off against a difficult and stubborn
Atletico side.
“I think we’re a bit better in every
dimension, but in a final that’s
meaningless really,” he said. “I’m happy
because we’ve done a huge job in the
meantime and I really, really believe in
hard work.
“The players have done an amazing job,
now we have a final ahead of us. We
just have to give our all and tomorrow
we’ll see what happens but we know
we’re ready.
“They [Atletico] do well against everyone,
not just Real Madrid. We know how
they’re working, there’s a good reason
why they’re in the final. They’re doing a
really good job and the same applies to
us.
“Tomorrow there’s a match on and let’s
see who wins it.”
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