De Zerbi Raises the Banner of Challenge: We Won't Go to Real Madrid for a Stroll

Roberto De Zerbi, the Italian coach of Olympique Marseille's first football team, commented on the upcoming match against Real Madrid in the 2025-2026 Champions League.Real Madrid will host Olympique Marseille tomorrow evening, Tuesday, at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, as part of the first round of the league stage in the Champions League.Marseille, the first French team to win the Champions League, seeks to return to the elite competition, specifically to the Santiago Bernabéu, after their last encounter at that stadium in the 2009-2010 season.De Zerbi Issues a Challenge Against Real MadridRoberto De Zerbi said in the press conference: “We are not going to Madrid to relax, but we will go to the Bernabéu to give everything we have. We know that Real Madrid is one of the best teams in the world. We will play with great humility, but also with great ambition.”He added: “We are not going for a stroll; we have goals we want to achieve, and facing teams like Real Madrid is very important for us and for the group as a whole. We will see what happens, but we will fight to win there.”Marseille has not been able to defeat Real Madrid historically, having lost in the last four matches between the two teams.The French team made 14 summer signings, a record under Spanish president Pablo Longoria, including three signings on the final day of the transfer window like Benjamin Pavard, Nayef Aguerd, and Aurelien Tchouameni.