﻿ Antonio, what sort of match is this one tomorrow?
Is it the classic game without a return fixture, the first game without a return meeting of the season…
There’s no point hiding away from it, it’s a fundamental match.
It’s a fundamental game in terms of continuing our progress in the Champions League.
It’s a match against a great team, Real, so it’s an exciting pre-match day that we need to enjoy as much as possible.
My players and I, all of us  
I always say you need to experience these great pre-match days as best you can,
thinking about all the different aspects there could be to this game,
in the knowledge that it’s a crucial game with a lot of pressure on.
We are Juventus and we know we have to live with this but, as I’ve said,
it’s an exciting pre-match day and we should be proud to be back experiencing this sort of build-up after a time away.
With regards to the match and the difficulties you face in terms of going through.
You already analysed things after the Galatasaray game 
and has that analysis changed based on Juventus’ last three league games.
Is there something which makes you think that Juventus are now different to the side that played against Galatasaray?
No. 
I’m of the same opinion, I won’t deny what I said. We’re on the back of three straight wins in the league.
Great wins, cracking ones. We’re ready to experience a great game of football, fundamental as I’ve said if we want to get through the group.
 And as I’ve always said, we want to show on the pitch - as I think we did in Madrid - that we deserve to go through.
 If not we’ll be the first to stand and applaud the team that goes through in our stead.
Good afternoon, Mediaset Spain. 
It looks like Real Madrid’s forward line is on great form - Ronaldo, Bale and Benzema - and is the best in Europe….
They’re certainly a team that has an extraordinary front line, right?   
 I’ve described it as devastating especially if Madrid are allowed to play the sort of game they like,
where they close down and then are afforded space in which to counter.
Cristiano Ronaldo, Bale, Benzema and Di Maria - without forgetting the rest - are extraordinary,
 fantastic when they have open space in front of them to move into.
So we need to be very careful from a tactical perspective to reproduce the good things we did in Madrid,
correcting the mistakes we made there, and when we’ve got the ball, through our organisation,
through our moves and the quality of my players, to hurt Real.
 So we’re definitely playing against an extraordinarily strong front line.
Hi, I wanted to ask a question to Carlos Tevez for Spanish TV.  
Do you see this game as a final, to continue your progress in this competition? 
Do you think you can attack Real Madrid and that they’re weak defensively and, especially in light of their recent matches,
do you think they have weaknesses at the back?
Real are Real. In defence, going forward, defensively they’re a different team.  
I think the three games we’ve got left are all finals, not only this one against Real.
We know we have to win all three. 
Tomorrow’s match is therefore a final and we need to approach it accordingly.
Another question for Carlitos. What do you expect from your clash with Cristiano Ronaldo tomorrow? 
He’s someone you know, he’s a friend of yours…
I hope it’s a great game for everyone. 
For Real, for Juve, I think it will be a very important match which both sides want to win.
A question for Conte. Is the side the you named for the first meeting with Real your strongest team, and therefore do you plan to name the same side albeit with those corrections you’ve already mentioned? 
To Tevez, can you explain why you’ve now gone four years since you last scored in the Champions League?
Let’s hope that ends tomorrow. I didn’t realise it’s been that long!
In the Champions League against Real Madrid we dusted off the 4-3-3    
and it was a great performance from us, then we reverted back to 3-5-2 in the league.
They are two systems that my players are capable of playing.
We’ll try both, it might be a case that during the game we need to change things.
 But I think besides our system tomorrow, what will really matter is how we go out and play the game,
the desire we show, and how much intensity we put into this match, 
in the knowledge that will be a really tough task against a side in the running to win their tenth European title.
 But we’ll also be aware that we can and must do well.
Good morning. A question for both of you. 
What should Real expect after what happened at the Bernabéu?
What should Real Madrid expect from the Juve fans and from Juve?
I believe that they should expect a tough game, just like the one at the Bernabéu.
But we have to see what develops on the pitch.
The fans will be behind us and we will be playing at home. But the fans only play a secondary part.
They aren’t the ones on the pitch. 
The players are. Ad I believe that Real should expect just as difficult a game as they faced at the Bernabéu.
Yes, Real Madrid have fantastic players.  
They play games of this importance every week.
Matches between Juventus and Real Madrid are always considered important games, so there is a lot of interest.
Tomorrow we will try to make home advantage pay, just as perhaps home advantage perhaps influenced the game in certain ways in the first leg.
For this very reason I expect our fans to get behind us tomorrow, in the same way as they have been getting behind us in all our recent games.
Tomorrow it is extremely important that they get behind the side,
 not only when the game is going our way but also when the game isn’t going our way.
We have to remember that we will be taking on a fantastic side, so there will be times when we will come under a lot of pressure.
But there will also be times when the fans will have plenty to cheer about…
and we need the support of everyone to help the players overcome a hurdle that, for sure, will be a very difficult one to overcome.
A question for both of you. 
Real Madrid play with Casillas in the Champions League and Diego López in their domestic league.
Do you view that as a strange situation? 
Do you prefer to face one rather than the other? 
That’s a more for Tevez, who will be starting in attack.
No. The choice of keeper is a choice that Carlo Ancelotti makes, and we aren’t bothered by it.
Certainly, Casillas starting rather than the other keeper is important, but it doesn’t change much.
It’s been 4 years since I’ve scored in the Champions League, so I hope to change that tomorrow.
I’d like to know whether, as you aren’t in the Argentina national side, you consider the Champions League as ‘your World Cup’,
 your chance to show the world what you can do.
And whether, after 3 months here, if being a Juventus player is exactly what you believe it to be or whether anything is different?
No. I believe that every game for Juventus is an important game.
 I don’t view the Champions League as my World Cup. Not at all.
And the second part of the question. 
I believe that being a Juventus player is a lot more difficult than I imagined it would be.
I believe that every team today wants to beat Juventus, 
and we have to be prepared to play against everyone. 
What surprises me is that it is a lot more different than I imagined it would be.
I’d like to ask Tevez whether he is envious of Ronaldo at all?

 And I’d like to ask Conte if he’s happy with the choice of Webb as referee for this game?
He’s a referee who has already officiated in the Champions League Final and World Cup Final.
Why is it that for this game, a top referee has been chosen, while in the first leg, a referee who had already been criticised in Germany was chosen?
No, I don’t envy anything about Ronaldo. He’s a fantastic player. 
For me a phenomenal player, I don’t envy anything about him at all.
The decision as to who officiates is up to UEFA. 
All we have to do is think about playing football.
We always have a lot of confidence in the choice of referee and in their abilities.

As I’ve already said, there were incidents in the first leg that did somehow compromise the game and the result…

but refereeing mistakes are part of the game, 

in the same way that mistakes from a coach in terms of the wrong team selection are.
Or wrong substitutions or even the wrong tactics during a game...

and just in the same way as players can fail to score when in front of an open goal.


It’s all part of football. 
We’re happy that this game will be officiated by one of the best referees in the world...
But, I repeat, for us the choice of referee is the last thing we have to think about.

Our first thought should be Real Madrid. No. Our first thought should be us, then Real Madrid.


