Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane has hinted their clash with Liverpool could be played at the Alfredo Di Stéfano stadium.
The Spanish champions were drawn against Liverpool in the Champions League quarter-final draw today, with the first leg set to take place in Spain.
Whether Jürgen Klopp’s side will be allowed to travel to Spain for the clash remains to be seen, though, with current Coronavirus restrictions blocking them from doing so.
Should those restrictions remain in place come the game, the two sides would be forced to find a neutral venue for the clash, something sides in both the Champions League and Europa League have had to do in recent weeks.
Zidane is hoping that doesn’t happen, though, revealing in a press conference today that they are hoping the game can be played at the Di Stéfano stadium.
“We do not have to think about the week of Barça and Liverpool; we look at the day to day, prepared for everything that may come,” COPE report him saying.
“We do not know what will happen after March 31; we will play where they tell us. We want to play at Di Stéfano, but we’ll see what they say”.
The clash come the end of March will see Madrid and Liverpool renewing hostilities for the first time after the 2019 Champions League.
Relations between the two clubs remain tense following that game after Mohamed Salah’s untimely injury following a clash with Sergio Ramos.
That, and the defeat, is something Liverpool are keen to get revenge for, and Zidane is fully expecting the Reds to make his team work hard.
“We cannot say that it was a good or a bad draw,” he added.
“Sometimes they say that we are on the edge of the precipice and we are here, in two competitions.
“It will be a match between two teams with many ‘Champions’,” he declared at a press conference.
“We know the difficulties. At this level, all the teams are very good. It will be a very demanding game; physically, it will demand more of you. That will be for after the national teams; we are focused on tomorrow’s game”.
