Real Madrid Portuguese praises Allegri

Zidane wants zero distractions

Real Madrid's total challenge

Still a week away from the Champions League final, Cristiano Ronaldo addressed Real Madrid's chances to successfully defend the title they conquered last year in a thrilling penalty shoot-out.

Should they defeat Juventus, Los Blancos would become the first club to win back-to-back European crowns since the inception of the current format back in the 1992/93 season.

"Every player in the [Madrid] dressing room wants to make history," Ronaldo told UEFA. "It would be a privilege to be the first team to win consecutive editions of the Champions League."

The Portuguese star is anticipating a hard-fought battle whose outcome will come down to little details.

"We are aware it will be an extremely difficult match but we are Madrid so we know we have a realistic shot at winning.

"This final will be similar to the previous ones [against Atletico Madrid], it's basically a coin flip.

"Both squads will attempt to take advantage of the opponent's mistakes; whoever plays a cleaner match should prevail, hopefully it's us.

"It will be an exciting match-up for both players and fans, we have high expectations."

The Old Lady drew praise from the reigning Ballon D'Or winner.

"[Juventus] are an excellent team, as they proved by winning both Serie A and Coppa Italia, and they have completed a fabulous campaign in Europe.

"They like using tight coverage, like Atletico.

"While Juventus certainly have a superb defence, there is always a weak spot, we need to find out how to attack it."

Ahead of their third Champions League final over the last four seasons, Ronaldo reminisced how complicated Los Blancos' path to Cardiff was.

"Winning the Champions League is always a tall order.

"We advanced from the group stage behind Borussia Dortmund but then we raised our level to knock out powerful sides such as Atletico and Bayern [Munich], so we are worthy finalists.

"The fact we are able to step up our game when it matters the most shows we are a great team."

The 32-year-old also commended Zinedine Zidane's work at the helm.

"[Zidane] has done a terrific job, he is proving his status as a world-class coach.

"I used to admire him as a player and my admiration has done nothing but grow.

"He's a positive, hard-working and respectful person, everybody in the squad is really pleased with him.

"It's not easy to manage this sort of dressing room, because every player wants to play a lot of minutes, but he's been able to spread playing time among all of us."

Moreover, the Euro 2016 champion reflected on becoming the first player to break the 100-goal barrier in the top European club competition.

"I always thought I could be the first person to reach the milestone and I'm glad I did it.

"It was one of the targets I set for myself before the season started.

"I would like to thank my teammates, coaches and fans at Madrid for aiding me, I'm extremely happy."

Lastly, Ronaldo, who has been firing on all cylinders lately, referred to his current position on the pitch.

"My position will always be the same, but Zidane is allowing me to move freely up front.

"In the previous two years I was very fatigued towards the end of the season.

"This time around, I agreed to take several matches off so that I could be in top shape in the decisive stretch of the campaign."