Zidane: Rotations, yes, but Ronaldo will play against Getafe

Zidane: Rotations, yes, but Ronaldo will play against Getafe

Zinedine Zidane says he's completely focused on the league game with Getafe on Saturday after Real Madrid drew Manchester City in the Champions League semi-final. 

The French coach admitted his side will be favourites to progress to the Milan final, but was wary of writing the Premier League side off. 

He also spoke about the La Liga title race, but refused to discuss Barcelona's current dip in form - the Catalan side have won just once in their last five outings. 

Here's the best of Zidane's press conference:

Before anything: I'm not going to answer 10 questions on the Champions League draw, one will do, let's focus on Getafe. 

Champions League draw: Manchester City are a great team. The positive is that we have the second leg at home. It's going to be a well-disputed contest, but Madrid will always be favourites. The semi-final against City will be no different. We will be fully prepared. I don't want to hear that Manchester City are an easy rival. Roma, Wolfsburg and now City are all very strong sides.  

Getafe: To be champions of La Liga, first of all we have to move from third to second. I just want to speak about Getafe, who are playing for their lives [at the bottom of the table] with a new manager. It's not easy to play against a side that's near the bottom and with a new manager. The players are focused, but I don't like the atmosphere away from home. 

Title race: For us to do something, those above us have to slip up first. We are working well and we're in a good moment with everything to play for. At the end of the day, though, only one team can win [the league]. I won't speak about Barcelona because I don't like to say anything when a team is having a bad time. We can't let our guard down, I'm only interested in my team. 

Fitness doubts: It doesn't worry me what they were saying, that we were bad physically. That happens when we lose. When we win, they don't say it. We had three weeks of hard work and now we are getting the rewards. 

Ronaldo WILL play: There will be rotations. I will make a number of changes against Getafe, but Cristiano Ronaldo will play. 

Benzema not playing Euros: I'm not going to get involved on the Benzema subject. The player's upset. What I have to do is to give Karim the confidence to continue doing what he's been doing. I'm not going to say if the decision is fair or not. Karim is really sad because he wanted to go to the Euros with his country. He's really disappointed. 

Griezmann and France: Griezmann is a great player and he adds a lot of things to the France side, but at the Euros he will have a lot of pressure and it's not always easy to play with it. I hope that France and Griezmann have a great Euros.