"El Sanchez-Pizjuan is a difficult pitch, they are the leaders, they play well, it's a good game for us. We are second and we want to have a good match and we are going to do it. Everybody is ready", the French coach stated.
Zinedine Zidane also wanted to emphasise in his speech that "of course. I feel strongly and I try not to be aware of what is going on outside. I only work a lot, right up until the last minute".
"The critics don't surprise me. We have always had difficulties, even when we win. There are always difficult moments at this club. We can always do better. And I have experienced more difficult moments than this. What is said on the outside doesn't interest me at all, only my work", he added.
In addition, the French coach took the opportunity to highlight his strengths: "We have strengths inside, not outside. I don't feel questioned, the other way around. The strength is to have the support of all the people who work inside. And if not, better get out".
"Am i going to leave again? I am not thinking about this, only about winning the match against Sevilla. You are there to speak about this and you do it well. Me, I am thinking about the Sevilla game and making sure that my players are also thinking the same thing. What happens on the outside doesn't interest me at all," he argued.
Similarly, the Frenchman denied that he regretted his return to Charmatin: "Never. I came back because I had a new and exciting project. And I am going to fight until the end. In the difficult times we are there for each other. The easy thing is when everything is going well. The picture is never just black and white. Things also are never as good as they seem when you are winning".
Meanwhile, Zidane also spoke about the rumours that Mourinho could be set for a return to Santiago Bernabeu: "It is what it is, it doesn't annoy me". When a match is lost here, everything has to be changed, it is reality. That is why I insist that what interests me is what we do in Sevilla, before a very good team."
Regarding his footballers performances, the Frenchman commented: "I don't believe that the squad is below it's level. We can do more, for sure. But we have always had difficult moments and good moments. We are playing against top of the table and what we have to do is try to win there."
"I know how difficult it is to be at Real Madrid: it is not worth doing two 'complicated' games. We come from making one in Paris and we must improve now. Doesn't the message arrive? No, because in Paris it did lack intensity, but in Paris the first half of Levante, as well as in Balaidos. The good thing about all this is that we have a game and we will try to do it well now," he added.
However, the Frenchman commented about "the intensity that the games demand: the transitions are constant and very quick in every game. The other day, they surpassed us in that, but in other meetings we have won in this regard. We know we should keep this pace as much as possible."
Despite falling 3-0 behind at Princes' Park, Zidane gave his players a day off. A decision that generated controversy in the white parish and that the coach justified: "It does not matter what people say. I also heard that the club was upset about this. But I look at my squad, those with their national teams, the work that they have to do..."
"Planning includes giving the players a rest. I see it this way: playing seven games in 20 days and returning at four in the morning. I understand that people see it differently, but in life everything is important, not only to think that they haven't won. We want to win, I first, like the players. But sometimes you have to change things to try to win the next game," he said.
Although asked about the frustrated signings of the summer, Zidane dodged and declined to talk about players like Eriksen and Van de Beek: "I'm not going to say yes or no, it's a club thing. Now we have this squad and period. Yes no, they will also ask me about Pogba. And we are with those of us here. "
In his last speech, Zidane took advantage of the loudspeaker to send a message of optimism: "To change this dynamic you have to keep working. We are not happy with what happened at Paris, but you have to keep working, prepare the matches well. It's the good thing about football, that this Sunday we have a new chance to correct things. And this is what encourages us. What I can't do is control what goes out, or respond to all criticisms. "