Zinedine Zidane has made his choice between Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, who face each other this Tuesday evening in the semi-final first leg of the Champions League.
It’s a classic of European football. After taking out Arsenal, Bayern Munich will challenge Real Madrid, who defeated Manchester City in the previous round, this Tuesday evening at the Allianz Arena in the semi-final first leg of the Champions League. A meeting which will be followed closely by Zinedine Zidane, formerly of the White House whose name is circulating to take over from Thomas Tuchel on the Bavarian bench next season.
Asked by The Athletic on this tempting poster, “Zizou” will obviously have a penchant for the Merengue. “It’s not going to be easy. It has the status of a great European classic. But at the same time, Madrid is Madrid…”confided the 98 world champion, who then returned to a confrontation against the Rekordmeister which marked him when he was a Real Madrid player.
“These are matches we always want to play”
“If there is one Madrid-Bayern match that I particularly remember, it is the 2000 semi-finals. Madrid was not doing well in the league and neither was Nicolas Anelka. He wasn’t in the squad, but he was able to play in the semi-final, and in both the first and second legs he played very well, scoring crucial goals that saw Madrid through. “, told the French legend.
And to add: “The confrontations we had with Bayern were always very good matches. These are matches we always want to play, because Bayern are also competitive, very, very strong. »
