A 'Real' chance here!

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said he was confident his side could overcome Bayern Munich on Wednesday to reach the Champions League finalThe record 14time winners snatched a 22 draw in the first leg of the semifinal clash in Munich with Vinicius Junior scoring a braceldquoI am confident because this is Real Madrid we have this squad Irsquom confident in the fans who will help usrdquo Ancelotti told a news conference Tuesday ldquoWe think wersquove got it better but Bayern coach Thomas Tuchel will think he does toordquoCarlo AncelottiAncelotti admitted German giants Bayern sixtime winners were the superior side in the first leg draw at the Allianz Arena ldquoThese are similar clubs they have great history and a lot of success in the Champions Leaguerdquo continued the Italian coach ldquoWe respect themthey did better than us in the first legrdquoThe coach confirmed Andriy Lunin would start in goal despite Thibaut Courtois returning from injury and keeping a clean sheet as Madrid clinched their La Liga crown this weekend The Belgian stopper had been out since last summer with a bad knee injury ldquoThe plan for a player coming back from injury does not change because of one gamerdquo said Ancelotti ldquoCourtois is doing well but he needs time to get back to his best selfmdashhe had an ideal gamerdquoMadrid defender Dani Carvajal said the team were right to avoid celebrating their title success on Saturday ldquoNot celebrating was the best thing to do therersquos a vital game and there will be time to celebrate at the weekend thatrsquos why we took that decisionrdquo said the Spain international ldquoWersquore having a great year wersquore very excited for the Champions League wersquore two games away from lifting it againldquoThe dressing room knows itmdashin the streets theyrsquore giving us encouragement so we can dream of our 15thrdquo Carvajal saidVarious longstanding Madrid players could leave at the end of the season after years spent at the club with Luka Modric Toni Kroos Lucas Vazquez and Nacho Fernandez all out of contract in the summer ldquoItrsquos hard to know what will happenI hope not but some will be living their final Champions League match at the Bernabeurdquo added Carvajal ldquoI hope itrsquos a Madrid victoryrdquoThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever