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Real Madrid. Lopetegui: "I expect a match of the highest level where we'll have to really compete" "We're on the right line and we'll give our best against Atlético", added the coach. Julen Lopetegui appeared in the press room at Real Madrid City after the last training session ahead of the derby (Saturday, 8:45pm CEST). The Real Madrid coach spoke about the match against Atlético: "In a derby everything is important, it’s a match that has an emotional element and we have to go in to it prepared for everything. It's not just another game, it's a demanding game and the team will be ready". "I expect an even game, very demanding and tough. You have to compete, as well as playing well. My team is going to be ready for the kind of match we have tomorrow. We’re up against a good side, a team set up for big games that has great players. We expect that the game will be played at the highest level and we’ll be prepared to match tho

Mignolet: We'll learn from defeat and go again on Saturday Simon Mignolet believes Liverpool can learn from the Carabao Cup loss to Chelsea and factor elements into their preparations ahead of the teams meeting again in the Premier League at Stamford Bridge this weekend. The Reds exited the tournament at the third-round stage on Wednesday night following a 2-1 defeat by the Blues at Anfield, with late strikes from Emerson and Eden Hazard cancelling out Daniel Sturridge’s opener. The sides will clash once more on Saturday evening as Jürgen Klopp’s men will look to bounce back by extending their advantage over Chelsea to five points in the fledgling table - and Mignolet feels the post-match analysis at Melwood in the next few days can prove beneficial in helping Liverpool ready themselves for the challenge of trying to clinch a victory in London. He told Liverpoolfc.com: “I think we didn’t deserve to go out of the competition. We had enough chances to win the game and go forwa

Dynamo confidently wins Mariupol at the exit The team of Alexander Khatskevich this time scored twice. Within the framework of the four rounds, the white-and-blue ones on the exit won "Mariupol" - 2: 0. Although the hosts started the match better! "Dynamo" made several mistakes in his own half, for which he almost paid a missed goal. Fortunately, it was very timely to catch the rival of his own - a stable link Tsyhankov-Verbich already worked. Victor sent from the corner, and Benjamin scored his head. After a missed goal, the players of "Mariupol" did not even think of getting on the defensive, but tried to play as quickly as possible. Fomin, Zubkov and Fedorchuk had chances to score, but the next goal managed to score Dynamo again. After a certain chaos in the penalty mariupoltsy (which included a stroke in the counter from Butalsky), Yavorsky put his hand under Harmash's finishing - the referee put a penalty. Viktor Tsigankov did not raise the

Emery on how we can improve our clean-sheet record Unai Emery is pleased with the progress his side have made since his arrival this summer, despite waiting for a first clean sheet. We have sharpened up defensively in recent weeks, only to concede late consolation goals against Newcastle and Vorskla, but our head coach remains optimistic that we are heading in the right direction. This is what he told the media ahead of Sunday’s game against Everton: on how much progress the team have made since he arrived… I think, little by little. We’ve won two matches away and that’s small progress but very important for continuing to improve our confidence. I think we are finding the balance. We need to continue working to get better in each match, individually and collectively. I am very excited to show every supporter our ideas, the exciting matches in each match, like at Emirates Stadium on Sunday. Away, [I want us] to be competitive, like in our last two matches against Newcastle and C

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