By Luke Gardener /
Tuesday April 3, 2018
Zinedine Zidane insists Real Madrid do not hold any psychological edge following their victory over Juventus in last season's Champions League final.
Tonight will be their first meeting since Real clinched a 4-1 win over Juve in Cardiff last June to clinch back-to-back European Cups.
While the personnel at both sides remains largely the same, Zidane pointed to Real's domestic struggles in this campaign as evidence to why they cannot take the Italian champions lightly.
He explained: "This game has nothing to do with what happened 10 months ago. It's another tie, another match and stage and we have to prepare things well.
"The game is completely different to the Cardiff final. We are not very different, because we are more or less the same players, but since then our season has not been as good as we expected."
Juventus defender Giorgio Chiellini said: "It was a crucial match for the league but we now face a completely different test. The atmosphere will be electric.
"We are not out for revenge against Real Madrid. We also have positive memories against the top Champions League teams.
"If you want to go all the way in this competition, you have to come up against opposition of this calibre."