CASEMIRO

When you play regularly, you develop from game to game.

I aim to work hard and do my best to try to win with Real Madrid, which is my dream.

Porto helped me quite a bit but I worked really hard, with lots of enthusiasm and humility and with my mind always focused on returning to Real Madrid. It was a fantastic year on a personal level.

I'm very happy in Madrid and I'll defend my coach, the players, the president - everyone.

Making excuses is not my profile or that of Madrid.

Lopetegui called me and convinced me to go to Porto. It was the best decision of my life.

From the moment I left Sao Paulo and Brazil, I was fixed on staying here, playing for the first team and succeeding at Real Madrid. That was always my dream. But it was an advantage to be able to join Castilla first.

It's normal for a team to have low moments.

We need the fans to get right behind us and push us on.

We know that Pepe is a great player.

When it comes to Brazil there are no friendlies.

For me it's a pleasure to be trained by Zidane. I am just very thankful for all he has been asking me to do and for helping me to evolve.

You have to respect Zidane, he's in the history of football.

We players are very well aware that being a favourite won't win you a game, that your jersey won't win you a game.

With Zidane he had a lot of relationships with the players, a father-son relationship. Like a friend. Solari does the same, he is being fair to everyone.

Our mentality is geared towards winning silverware.

We know how important both competitions are, especially the Champions League since it's such a special competition, but we want to win the league too. We take it game by game - concentrate on our league games, win them and then start thinking about the Champions League.

When a player joins Real Madrid's first team, they're often under pressure to be an instant success. By joining Castilla, I had the chance to understand the club and get to know the players, the culture, the country and the language.

Madrid always come back.

We know Neymar is a great player, you cannot argue about that.

I had the chance to go to Sevilla, Inter and Porto.

Being bold in the shirt of Real Madrid is not easy.

We have to talk about the players we have.

I had a dream to play in the Champions League, so every time I play for Real Madrid, and in the Champions League, I try to enjoy it as much as possible because it's the realisation of a dream.

My teammates and the coaching team know that they can count on me.