Benjamin Mendy reveals Zidane inspiration ahead of Real Madrid vs Man City

Published on: 25 February 2020

Benjamin Mendy revealed how Zinedine Zidane inspired him when he was growing up as he outlined his ambition to get Manchester City to the Champions League final this season.

Mendy will be vying to frustrate his idol on Wednesday night when City face Zidane's Real Madrid in the first leg of their last-16 tie at the Bernabeu.

“Playing against Real, it will be a special game,” Mendy told Sport360. “We are very excited to play this game. For the French people, we know Zidane was a God and to play against him, the team where he is the manager, it will be a pleasure.

“He was an inspiration for me, for all the French people. But we will go there and play against them with fight and play for our team and to try to win. We are going to try to do our best.”

City have not gone beyond the quarter-finals under Pep Guardiola and experienced heartbreak last year as they were denied a place in the last four by an injury-time VAR decision that went against them.

"It hurt me a lot,” Mendy said of that disappointment against Spurs. “This cup, I love a lot. I went to the semi finals with Monaco and was so close.

“I hope this year I go one step more and get to the final with Manchester City. It's the best cup for one team. You can see the reaction, what it means [to everyone].

“All the big teams are in the finals. We are going to try everything to make all the supporters happy.

“Of course we will look to this competition now. We know from the Premier League Liverpool are playing really really well so for this year we are going to try for the Champions League.”

Source: m.allfootballapp.com

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