UCL finals: Zidane's Press Conference - Nobody can take away what we've achieved so far

“Nobody can take away what we've achieved so far. Failure can only be in our attitude. You never know what's going to happen but we're very well prepared to play this final. we'll have to run, run and run. We know what it is to suffer and tomorrow I'm sure we'll have to show that, but in a final it's normal to have difficult moments during the match, and if you want to win you've got to go through that suffering”.

On Atletico: “They're a team. I can't pick out one particular player. They work as a team. I wouldn't take anyone out of the Atlético side. We know how they work. They're in the final for a reason: the good work they've all put in. They'll make it a complicated game, we know that and we're prepared for it”.

On wheter the match will be hard: “Not hard. Hard implies something ugly and it's not like that. It'll be difficult but we're ready and the players just want the match to start after 15 days of preparation. First off we'll have to defend well without the ball and then we've got our attacking weapons to do good things going forward”.
“It's been three months since the last derby and we're better in every sense, but that means nothing. I'm pleased because the work has been tremendous. Now it's time for this game and we'll give our all. We'll see what happens, but we're ready to play. It's 50-50. There are no favourites”.

On Cristiano: “He had some discomfort in Manchester but he's back at 100% and we're playing a final. He's fine. He's not got the same problems as in Manchester, it's different”.

FIFA World Cup: Super Eagles, fans at risk of Dengue Fever epidemic

The Nigeria National football team,  Super Eagles and their fans are now at risk of the deadly dengue fever with an epidemic of the disease currently in Campinas, the Brazilian city where Nigeria and Portugal will train for the 2014 World Cup which starts less than two weeks away.

Dengue is incurable viral infection and could only be managed, as such, prevention it’s the best response. Residents of the Brazilian city have embarked on a huge operation to eradicate mosquitoes, which spreads the disease, before teams’ arrival.

About 32,384 people were infected this year alone due to ‘dengue fever outbreak. Three people reportedly died. “It’s a record epidemic. It’s bigger than the 11,500 cases registered in all of 2007,” Andrea Von Zuben, the coordinator of the Campinas dengue control program was quoted by the AFP.