Zinedine Zidane said that Manchester City will have extra motivation following their two-year ban from the Champions League.

Real Madrid and Manchester City will meet in the round of 16 starting on February 26th.

"For what has happened, their motivation will be immense. I'm not going to go into what happened, what is going to happen. It's a team, anyway, who will be a difficult opponent, knowing also how they have been doing in the Premier League. So they will have extra motivation," said Zidane.

City have never gone further than the semifinals of the Champions League. They've lost at the quarterfinal stage in their three seasons under Pep Guardiola.