German star Mezut Oezil has described the Olympique Lyonnais vs Real Madrid match in the Champions League tonight as a tough one, but has affirmed that all Real wanted was a victory.
Winning in France in the first leg will give Los Blancos a huge advantage in the ongoing round, as they could still rely on the Away Goals rule—in the case where things turn out to be complicated at the Bernabeu Stadium in the return leg, next month. Real Madrid have not been lucky in the Champions League’s Last 16 in the past few years, crushing out at this stage of the competition over and over again.
Despite spending well over a hundred million Euros in the 2009 summer transfer window, Los Merengues were incapable of edging past Lyon early in the Champions League’s knockout phase in the ensuing season. A change is surely needed, and tonight could produce the first part of Real’s miracle.
"We all expect the game to be difficult, but we want to win, and we know we can,” Oezil told his club’s official site. "I expect us to be successful.
"I have been watching their (Lyon’s) games, and they actually worry me as a team. It is clear they will make things difficult for us, but we want to beat them.
"We are thinking about winning titles, but we have to take things slowly and play one game at a time. We must eliminate Olympique Lyonnais because we want to reach the Wembley Stadium final (of the Champions League)."
Despite spending well over a hundred million Euros in the 2009 summer transfer window, Los Merengues were incapable of edging past Lyon early in the Champions League’s knockout phase in the ensuing season. A change is surely needed, and tonight could produce the first part of Real’s miracle.
"We all expect the game to be difficult, but we want to win, and we know we can,” Oezil told his club’s official site. "I expect us to be successful.
"I have been watching their (Lyon’s) games, and they actually worry me as a team. It is clear they will make things difficult for us, but we want to beat them.
"We are thinking about winning titles, but we have to take things slowly and play one game at a time. We must eliminate Olympique Lyonnais because we want to reach the Wembley Stadium final (of the Champions League)."
