Real face the Turkish champions, considered the weakest team remaining, in the quarter finals of the competition.

“They have been playing in the quarter finals of the Champions League for many years and there is one thing that doesn’t change which is that the teams who have qualified are there for a reason,” he told realmadrid.com.

“Galatasaray are not just there because they made it through the group stage but also because they made it through a knock-out round. It is a competition that a lot of teams start and now there are only eight left, and the ones that are left are there for a reason."