The Brazilian international believes Real Madrid have the ability to do something special in the current edition of the elite European competition.
Real Madrid are beginning to show the desire and hunger expected of a Jose Mourinho managed side. The outfit from Madrid lead race for La Liga glory with a 10-point advantage over second-placed http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604.
With domestic success all but ensured, Real Madrid playmaker, Kaka, believes it is the Champions League where Los Blancos will show their real pedigree.
The Spanish giants are favourites to progress to the quarter-final stage of the competition, as they take on the challenge of CSKA Moscow in the second-leg of their Round of 16 fixtures, after the first leg between the two sides ended in a 1-1 stalemate.
"But I think that Madrid have a good chance of doing something big in the Champions League.”
"We are confident we can reach the last eight, always respecting CSKA and knowing that they can create us a lot of trouble."
The current season has seen Kaka form a solid midfield partnership with Mesut Ozil as Los Blancos profit from their fruitful companionship.
Reflecting on his assured performances in conjunction with his German counterpart, the former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Santos-c32532 player had kind words for his teammate.
Kaka praised Ozil’s genius and insisted that the former Bayer Leverkusen player is easy to play along.
He added that the German international is always aware of his fellow teammates’ movement and knows when someone is in the right position or not.
"It is a pleasure for me to play with Ozil because he is a great player," he explained. "I think it is very easy to play alongside him because he is very smart.”
"He knows how to move, we know than when one of us is in a position, the other must take another place, always occupying the spaces on the field.”
Kaka and his Real Madrid colleagues will have to be on their best to ensure progression to the quarter-finals of the elite European competition at the expense of the Russian side.
For the crunch Champions League fixture, Jose Mourinho’s charges welcome CSKA Moscow to the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday, March 14th.
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