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The nature of the derby allows for the neighbouring teams not to alter their pre-match routines and as such, Real Madrid won't be stepping onto the Estadio Vicente Calderon pitch before the game itself.

Zinedine Zidane's squad will instead train on Tuesday at 11:00 CET at their Valdebebas training centre.

Then at 13:00, the French coach will hold his pre-match press conference from the club's facilities alongside another player yet to be determined.

Because the return leg will be in Madrid, Zizou is treating it like another home game as far as preprations go, not changing any of the players' habits before the important showdown.

The players will engage in the usual pre-match concentration but as no travel is involved, it will be less extreme, as the coach wants to minimise the overall tension.

Diego Simeone, in turn, did change some pre-match rituals ahead of the first leg, despite playing a derby in LaLiga just several days earlier.