Zinedine Zidane appeared in the press room at the Philip II National Arena the day before thefinal. The Whites’ coach analysed the game against Manchester United: We’re going in to it in good shape and also looking forward to starting the season. It's the first official game and we want it to start. Physically we’re working well and we’ve rested well too. We’re ready"."There are many keys elements. We’ll look at them and prepare our game like we always do. We know a lot about the opponents, but what matters to us, primarily, is what we’re going to do. There isn’t one particular key to winning, there are many"."We're going to play in several different ways, that's not going to change. We’re lucky to have a lot of important players who can play in various positions and tomorrow you’ll see how we’re going to play"."There’s been a lot of noise, as always, but he’s relaxed and I’m impressed that he’s physically the same as the day of the Champions League final a few months ago. That’s what’s important to me, we can’t do much about the rest. He's been with us for just three training sessions and that means a lot. If he's with us it's because he's ready to play, but we'll see tomorrow"."It depends on how the player comes in and the thoughts and feelings of the coach and the player. I make the decision as the coach talking to the player. Physically he looks very good, really, and that's what matters to the coach and everyone at Real Madrid. As a player I would obviously like to play the European Super Cup".

"At the last press conference I was angry but today I'm more excited, the season starts and tomorrow is the first official match, we know it's going to be a difficult year for us because we have to raise the bar. As always and we’ll do our best to win things down to hard work, humility and dedication. We’ll not change what we did last year and what this team knows how to do".



Maximum demands

"I’ve been here for almost 16 years and I was also at other teams and playing against Real Madrid was the best. We’re the team that everyone wants to beat because we’re the best in the world and it’ll always be like that. We know that every year the opponents will make it more difficult for us and it’ll be like that during this season. We’ve got players with personality, hunger and who are not tired of winning and that is very important to counteract all that".



Bale

"The important thing is that the player is well. He’s had a lot of continuity in training with us and that’s the most important thing. He was out for almost four months and now he’s back. I’m interested in what we’re going to do tomorrow".



"Mourinho will set out his team tomorrow and so will I. You can stoke the game up but it’ll not change anything. The most important thing is that we’re focused. Bale is a Real Madrid player and I’m only interested in talking about tomorrow's match, which is important. We’re all here to win tomorrow and I'm not interested in anything else".



High temperatures at kick-off time

"I don’t think it's an advantage. They’ve had preparation in the United States too and we’re used to this. It’s more or less the same heat as in Madrid and we can’t change the weather".



Differences between the Real Madrid of Mourinho and the one of Zidane

"Everyone has their way of training but there is no difference between one team and another. Here we have to give 100% out on the field because we know the obligation that we all have. Mourinho did a good job and I'm doing my job. I try to do it in the best way possible but it doesn’t mean anything. Each coach tries to make the most doing it their way. At Real Madrid all the coaches have great players. That's the history of this club and it’ll always be like this".