Casemiro appeared at a press conference prior to the round of 16 second leg match against Chelsea.
The match: “Tomorrow we have to face the match that will be very difficult. We played the best 90 minutes of the season in London, but we can’t trust ourselves. I want to ask for the support of the fans, it will be very difficult, they are champions, they have our respect. We have to give everything.”
Valverde in 4-3-3: “I think that question is more for the coach, I want to play and when you play with Fede you have a system, with Rodrygo and Asensio there is another… We all want to win. Ancelotti is a gentleman and understands a lot about this”.
Doublet: “When it comes to Real Madrid, we always talk about winning everything. If at the start of the season we talked about being like this now, we all signed. But it touches on the most important thing. We work to win titles”.
No substitute, essential: “I think the coach was very clear. There is no substitute for any player, each one has their characteristics. There is no one more similar to me, but we have a good squad. Valverde and Camavinga showed they have their place in this squad the other day. To win titles this is what is important, to have players like these.”
Atmosphere: “This is the magic of this team. It’s the motto, give it your all until the end. This club lives for this, to win games like these when no one is counting on you.”
The defeat in the Classic, good to wake up: “Nobody likes to lose a Clásico, but we prepared well and in the end we lost and we didn’t do what we had planned. I think these are things that can happen in the season, nobody wants to lose, especially how we lost, but The most important thing was the second leg, the following games, what we’ve won. Nobody wants to lose like we did against Barcelona”.
Critics: “It’s about Real Madrid, the biggest club with the biggest demand in the world. We respect opinions. But the key to this club is balance and no one is going to take us away from our focus”.
Tuchel has said that they want to play a physical game: “We can’t talk about our weapons, if not we feed our opponents. We can’t trust them, we have the fans, it will be very complicated. They have their weapons, we have ours, and the best will win the tie. He is the champion of the Champions League, they have our total respect”.
Your personal season: “I think that everyone can do what they want to assess my season. I think the coach knows he can count on me and he does it in every game. Without a doubt, the London game and the Getafe game were very good, I always try do my best and give everything on the pitch”.
Benzema: “What has changed about Karim has been the goals, he has taken an incredible step. Understanding the game, talking to us… that remains the same. You see the goal, but we admire him every day, in training, in the rondos, his quality, the movements… It’s the history of this club, it’s an honor to have him for so long at the highest level. Let’s continue enjoying, he’s a great player, perhaps the most important for us”.
The yellow against Getafe, with which he will not be in Seville: “What happens on the pitch stays on the pitch. Respect is essential. I shouldn’t have received that card for protesting, that card was my mistake, because of the importance of the next game, against Sevilla. But many times controlling yourself in the field is difficult.
The whistles to Bale: “When a player is whistled, they whistle us all. Football is about opinions, everyone has their own, but if one of my team is whistled, I do not agree. We have to support him and give everything on the field. I didn’t like Bale’s whistles, he’s a history of this club, he has scored very important goals. When you whistle someone like that, you whistle the history of this club. The public has to support us, if we’re all together it’s better. Bernabéu makes our hair stand on end, here the 90 minutes are very long”.