ITALY: FOOTBALL/SOCCER - Real Madrid train in Rome ahead of their Champions League group game against SS Lazio

Real Madrid of Spain are not changing much ahead of Wednesday's Champions League game against Italy's SS Lazio. Real Madrid's players looked relaxed as they trained at Rome's Olympic stadium on Tuesday (October 2), before their Group C Champions League's game against SS Lazio. "We don't have to change much. Lazio's tactical system is similar to that of Werder Bremen of Germany. We are ready for them. We need to organise our defence but we already had a similar game" said Real Madrid's coach, Bernd Schuster, during a news conference. "There is nothing new. What we looking for is to play our soccer in this game. To win tomorrow is very important," Schuster added. Real Madrid's captain, however, warned that Wednsday's game is not going to easy for the Spanish club. "Lazio is an Italian team, so they can defend and they will try to use every opportunity. It's a difficult game for us because, playing against Real Madrid at home, they'll put everything they have into the match," Raul said during the news conference. "We'll do our best and try to win" the captain added. Schuster explained how, due to the many commitments of the team, there is hardly enough time to train properly. "There are a lot of new players and, as I said a thousand times, unfortunately we don't have much time to train in between games. So we need to use the games to train." the coach explained. "But because the Pope is German we are lucky that he helps us every day," Schuster, a German himself, added to laughter from the reporters.

ITN Source | October 3, 2007

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