Zidane hopeful of having Ronaldo and Benzema fit for City

He said: “He has a hamstring (injury), I don’t think he will be fit in one week”.

Lucas Vazquez replaced Ronaldo up front, alongside Gareth Bale and Karim Benzema.

“We looked solid, we looked a threat on the counter and we were unlucky maybe not to get the goal and a few penalties. We have to take it day by day and see how they are”, raising doubts about the pair’s availability. “We got a clean sheet and we go to the Bernabeu where we have a great record, where we score a lot of goals, very confident and, yes, we are looking forward to it”.

“If you are going to have a draw at home, which is not a bad thing against Real Madrid, then 0-0 is the best result”, said Kompany.

“I can’t say how likely it is that they will play (against City)”.

“We’ll try to keep it defensively tight as well so it will obviously be a hard game at home, we know that”.

Both teams were not quite content with a draw but they did little to show otherwise.

Missing the injured Cristiano Ronaldo, Madrid created the better chances in Tuesday night’s game, but substitute Jese saw a header hit the bar and City goalkeeper Hart produced late saves to thwart Casemiro and Pepe. They are as confident as can be that they can score goals at home and should have Ronaldo back and ready to go. “It’s the first time that we’ve been there in a long, long time and we are going out there to try to win each game as it comes, and see where it takes us”.

Spanish media reports say that he is working to be fit for Real Madrid’s return leg clash at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu against Manchester City. “From the moment we manage to score in Madrid, it will be very different”, he said. The victor will be in the final.

But he will do everything for him to play, given that he has scored 16 goals in his 10 Champions League games this season. Maybe so, but City will know that their Liga opponents are an inordinately more manageable proposition without their talisman.