Zidane looking forward to Wembley 'final'

The two sides played out a 1-1 draw at the Bernabeu on Tuesday to leave things finely poised in Group H ahead of the return fixture.

A penalty from Cristiano Ronaldo cancelled out Raphael Varane's own-goal to leave the two teams unbeaten on seven points apiece at the summit of the group.

Speaking after the game, Zidane told the press that the game as Wembley is now something of a Cup final, given the circumstances.

"Now there is a return game at Wembley and we will go there to try and win it," Zidane told reporters.

"We will see how the next game goes. The three points we did not get here, we will try and get them at Wembley, which is now a game like a final.

"It is not their home pitch, and we will try and go there and win the game. If we play away as we did in Dortmund, we will be happy."

Tuesday's game was noteworthty for two excellent displays of goalkeeping prowess to keep the scores down and whilst Zidane was not happy with the draw, he told Real's official club website that both stoppers deserved praise for their performances.

"We can't be pleased with the result because you always want to win your home games," Zidane explained.

"I think that we had the chances, particularly in the first half, but there were two top goalkeepers out there tonight in Keylor and Lloris and you've got to accept that the goalkeepers are there to prevent you from scoring.

"Both goalkeepers intervened to deny the opposition on three or four clear-cut openings and that comes as no surprise to me.

"Lloris put in the sort of performance he needed to and that was a shame for us, what with us carving out a number of chances. We put a point on the board and it's a fair result overall.

"Every game is tough, especially when you come up against sides that defend very well, as was the case tonight. Things become increasingly difficult when you win because the standards you set are ever higher and the opposition will always put in 250 per cent."