While Bayern are on the way to winning the German league title and is in the semi-finals of the German Cup, elimination in the Champions League would be a major disappointment and would influence the future of the head coach Ancelotti.
Despite scoring twice in Real Madrid's 2-1 win to become the first player to reach 100 goals in European club competition, he lamented the chances squandered by his team in the first leg of their quarter-final.
The Sporting game is followed by a huge week that will see Madrid play the second leg of their tie with Bayern before hosting Barcelona in El Clasico.
"We could have been 2-0 down at half-time, which could have changed the match, but we managed to show some patience and get the equaliser", said Zidane. We'll be monitoring his progress every day and we'll see if he's fit in time for Tuesday. For sure he has something, a bit of a bruise in his calf. We are not going to risk him.
"We didn't have so much possession and we were missing our usual self-assurance".
Hazard has been linked with a switch from Chelsea to Real throughout the 2016/17 campaign and, with numerous gossip columns alleging that it is only a matter of time before the Belgium global heads back to the continent, the forward has had to deny such rumours on a constant basis.
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Several efforts since then to formulate a coordinated Israeli-U.S. position on settlements have not yielded an agreement. The settlements include those that Israel considers legal as well as at least 100 wildcat outposts.
"In the last few years I got to the end of the season at the limit and with small injuries, but I have worked hard with our fitness coach to be in the right shape for the final two months".
Bale, who has laboured with an ankle injury recently, came off on 58 minutes and Real raised the tempo after he trudged off. It was a monumental goal as it not only gave Real Madrid the lead for good but it was also the 100th goal for the Portuguese superstar across all European competitions.
A win for Zidane's side will consolidate their position at the top of the standings, but he accepted that Saturday's game was a potential banana skin. Perhaps they have had difficulties throughout the season but in a single game they can do some damage.
"Zinedine Zidane can't count for this game with Carvajal, Varane and Pepe in the defense and the journalists didn't doubt on asking what's his plan for line-up:" We have two important injuries in defense but we have others who are ready to play.
Lionel Messi, the current record holder, has a 60-goal advantage at the moment with 339 compared to Ronaldo's 279. Fabio will be with us.
Player trading activity is also key to success and the authors point to Borussia Dortmund as "the best performers with a net positive player trading activity of € 28 million".
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