Manchester City defender Robin Diaz stressed his team's readiness to face Real Madrid in the first leg of the Champions League elimination, pointing to the difficulty of the meeting and the importance of believing in the team's capabilities to win.

Diaz said: "Since I arrived here, this may be the most difficult season to date, but I am sure that even in the most difficult scenarios, wonderful things can be achieved, we are aware of how difficult the confrontation, but we have to believe in our capabilities, and when we do so, we can achieve Anything this season. "

Regarding Real Madrid in the last version of the Champions League, the Portuguese defender said: "The last season's confrontation was frustrated, we took control of the match, but we did not score the goal that would have happened, we know how strong Real Madrid, they have distinguished players, will not make things easy, and we have to To offer our best than ever. "

Diaz refused to reduce Real Madrid's strength by focusing on the individual confrontation between Halland and Mbappe, where he said: "I do not feel that this match is especially between Halland and Mbappe, it is a confrontation between Manchester City and Real Madrid, there are many great names in both teams, in the end, Pep Guardiola is the one who will decide who will play, and we have many good options for the suspension of Vinicius Junyo and Mbappe. "

On the way to deal with Mbappe, Diaz explained: "He played against Mbappe several times, even when he was not the first star in his team because of Neymar and Messi, we have to be very strong until we feel comfortable during the match."

He concluded his remarks, at the event that Real Madrid did not attend the Golden Ball party, stressing that he did not occupy his thinking about the matter, as he said: "To be completely honest, I did not think for a moment if Real Madrid's failure to attend the ceremony was not respected or not, I was happy and proud of my colleague Rodri ".