Less than 12 hours stay earlier than Real Madrid get their UEFA Champions League campaign underway for the brand new season and their opponents are already getting ready within the metropolis of Madrid.
Up against VfB Stuttgart within the first of their eight league stage video games of the brand new format, Los Blancos are clear favourites in opposition to a crew they've by no means confronted in historical past.
If their current kind is something to go by, nevertheless, the conflict can be something however straightforward as the supervisor stares at a protracted record of issues to unravel in his puzzle.
Speaking to MARCA forward of the sport, VfB Stuttgart ahead Ermedin Demirovic detailed numerous subjects together with the way it was the crew’s first time taking part in in opposition to Real Madrid and the expectations from the sport.
First, he started by offering an replace on how he felt, particularly having scored 4 targets in his final 5 video games.
“I’m in good shape, it’s true. I feel very good in my new club, following the line I already showed last year in Augsburg.”
“The team is also fine, which is the most important thing. I am convinced that people will see a good team at the Bernabéu,” he added.
As Stuttgart’s striker, Demirovic will go up head to head against Antonio Rudiger in defence who he described as the most effective on the earth.
“It will be a great battle, because Rudiger is one of the best defenders in the world. I think it’s going to be a fun duel. In Madrid they are all great players.”
“No matter what player you look at you will see a world figure, but in the specific case you ask me, there is no doubt that facing players like Rudiger is a challenge,” he concluded.
Detailing how he felt about taking part in at Santiago Bernabeu for the primary time, the Bosnian worldwide revealed the way it was a dream come true.
“It’s going to be very special, without a doubt. It is a dream come true to debut in the Champions League and play in one of the best stadiums in the world against the best club in the world.”
“I was lucky enough to play my first match as a professional at the Camp Nou, with Alavés, and now I’m going to play Champions at the Bernabéu. It’s incredible,” he added.
The participant even joked about having his total help system on the stands and the way a lot it meant to him.
“Everyone is very proud and very excited about this game and I will have many fans in the stands of the Bernabéu.”
Finally, the 26-year-old was requested what one can anticipate from Stuttgart in Spain later tonight, to which he responded,
“We go with everything to the Bernabéu. We know that we have to do things very well, that there will be times when we will have to be together to defend and others when we will try to attack to hurt Madrid.”
“I think we arrived well prepared at the Bernabéu and we will try to have a great match,” he concluded.
