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Marcelo shares the Real Madrid players’ mood about facing Arsenal and how confident they are about a comeback
Having won five Champions League trophies, Marcelo would have been the ideal presence in Real Madrid’s dressing room to galvanise Carlo Ancelotti’s side ahead of their clash against Arsenal in the second leg of the quarter-final.
However, the Brazilian bid farewell to the Santiago Bernabeu in 2022 and Real Madrid lack a leader like him as they aim to pull off a near-impossible comeback against the Gunners.
With Carlo Ancelotti’s job on the line at Real Madrid, the Italian boss will be more fired up than ever to produce a tactical masterclass after being shown up by Mikel Arteta in the first leg.
Thomas Partey is aware of Real Madrid’s threat at the Santiago Bernabeu and has instructed his teammates to embrace the challenge of playing at the Spanish capital — which indicates that the Gunners are far from getting carried away about their healthy lead.
But Marcelo has now revealed how the Real Madrid dressing room feels about staging a comeback for the ages against Arsenal ahead of the second leg of the Champions League quarter-final.
Marcelo says Real Madrid players are “confident” about beating Arsenal
Speaking to on Monday, Marcelo revealed that the Real Madrid players are confident about coming out on top against Arsenal.
Unsurprisingly, Real Madrid legend Marcelo predicted his former club to beat the odds and hand Arsenal a shock defeat in front of their supporters.
The 36-year-old said: “You can never write off Real Madrid.”
“Although three goals is a lot of goals, but I am always thinking about Real Madrid and have a lot of faith that they’ll come back. Real Madrid is Real Madrid and they always come back. The return leg is at the Bernabeu, the fans will push hard and the players are confident it can happen.”
“Of course, we don’t know what will happen, we have faith and Real Madrid will come back. “I think that from the moment we joined Real Madrid, we’re taught to never give up, and that’s always been in our blood,” he said. “It’s been like this for many years, and apart from the DNA, it’s hard work, humility, daily dedication, and the support of the fans as well. It’s all part of making things work.”
Real Madrid star Antonio Rudiger’s three-word warning aimed at Arsenal
Dani Ceballos is ready for the fight against Arsenal, which is indicative of Marcelo’s revelation about the Real Madrid players being prepared to pull off a miracle on Wednesday.
Antonio Rudiger warned Arsenal by telling the Real Madrid fans to believe in a potentially historic fightback at the Santiago Bernabeu as he was heard saying: “Vamos, remontada”, vamos” (let’s go, comeback, let’s go).
Mikel Arteta will have to encourage his players to block out the noise and play their own game, an approach that yielded them an emphatic victory when both teams last met.