Every word Mateo Kovacic said on Chelsea vs Real Madrid, Luka Modric and starting XI frustration

Of course, we have our chances and we are motivated to show our best tomorrow. We did not have our best game and the result is not good and the result is not good in the last game. There is hope and we are motivated to show our best. It will be a quality game and we are looking forward to it.

It is always difficult when you don't play, it doesn't matter the opponent. The manager always decides who is going to play and who is not so I was prepared to come in and be ready when it is my call because we are a team and cannot play 20 players at once. That's it, and the most important thing is that we are together to show our best tomorrow.

The last question is quite difficult to answer. It is difficult to stop him because he's an amazing player. He's Croatian and I admired him when I was a child, he played for my favourite club which was Dinamo Zagreb. Now, when we have become good friends I admire him even more. Great person, a great player and I am looking forward to playing against him tomorrow again.

Every word Thomas Tuchel said on Chelsea, Real Madrid dream, Romelu Lukaku and Cesar Azpilicueta

He was always as good as he is now. For me, as far as I know in the last five, six, seven years, he is on the same level which is amazing. Why he's that good? He loves football so much, he lives it every day, he is a professional and if he keeps going like this I see him still playing for three or four more years on such a high level.

It is never easy to come back after a national break but it is not an excuse that we underperformed in the last two games. Of course, it was necessary to have a talk to see what we can do better and what we did well. It was a good meeting which is always important and it gave us a good lift and we