here's the bbc‘s conor mcnamara.tancy building up inside the spanish capital ahead of this latest european clash between these illustrious football teams in this city. for real madrid they hope to become the first team in the champions league to retain the cup two years champions league to retain the cup two yea rs in champions league to retain the cup two years in a row, their coach zinedine zidane is still in his press full season in charge and in pursuit of the european cup double, something real madrid had not achieved since the 1950s. no gareth bale tonight was endured. —— who is injured. four atletico madrid they have several injury concerns but good news for the coach, the apparent miraculous recovery from injury of belgian international yannick carrasco who came through the training session unscathed last night. he is the kind of player that fa ns night. he is the kind of player that fans will want to start this game. he rises to these big occasions, he scored against real madrid when they met in the final la

conor mcnamara at the emirates commentating for 5 live tonight.'s get to the match at the etihad now where pepe guardiola's manchester city will jump above liverpool with a win against west bromwich albion. guardiola has admitted how lucky he is to get a second chance. trophyless in a season for the first time as a manager, he says he would have been sacked at his previous clubs bayern munich and barcelona. he's not underestimating west brom tonight as they look to secure a retun to the champions league. hopefully all the fans can come tomorrow to the etihad stadium two first of all support us, support us more than ever, especially in the moment we will be in trouble because against tony pulis teams we will a lwa ys against tony pulis teams we will always be against dummigan trouble against corners, set pieces and long balls and so on. we play for a lot of important things. they have to come to support us more than ever. how to follow it all. commentary of both games on 5 live, they'll flip bewteen the two. — plus updates from tonight's other game

from madrid, the bbc‘s conor mcnamara reports.fway through this champions league semi—final, but already, there is an inevitable feeling that real madrid already have a foot in the final. cristiano ronaldo, a hat—trick by him. not his first for the season. he also got one in november in the spanish domestic league against their local rivals. real madrid were too good for atleti co rivals. real madrid were too good for atletico madrid all evening. remarkably, rinaldo has scored 13 goals in champions league semifinals over the years. —— ronaldo. goals in champions league semifinals overthe years. —— ronaldo. he becomes the first player to score consecutive hat tricks in the champions league. it has been an emphatic victory for ronaldo. and real madrid continue to march towards what they hope will be a 12th champions league ground. no tea m 12th champions league ground. no team has ever won this competition two years team has ever won this competition two yea rs in team has ever won this competition two years in a row in the champion

real have home advantage at the santiago bernabeuu, which is where conor mcnamara reports. well, the atletico madrid players are just going through their final training session behind me ahead of this marched anticipated champions league semi—finalfirst this marched anticipated champions league semi—final first leg. unlike the final between these two year ago or indeed the final two years previous to that, this is a champions league encounter between these two madrid rivals that is taking place in their hometown. there is a great atmosphere around madrid getting ready for this one. level with points with barcelona, he is chasing a double of the league and the european cup. you have got to go back to the 19505 for the last time that real madrid managed to win both of those prizes in the same season. both of those prizes in the same 5ea5on. atletico madrid will go in with a few injury problems and they also have the psychological damage of having lost the recent finals against any neighbours but ultimately, this is a semi—final that could come down to the performances of the

conor mcnamara is at st mary's for us.defeat to tournament weekend killed off any last chance they had of qualifying for the champions league through the premier league. it is now three out of the last four seasons that the clu b of the last four seasons that the club have not finished inside the top four places in the top flight. butjose mourinho top four places in the top flight. but jose mourinho has top four places in the top flight. butjose mourinho has been very vocal about the need to rest and rotate players. he made eight changes ahead of the defeat to arsenal and eight changes ahead of the defeated on. it'll be this night next week that the players walk out in stockholm for the europa league final against ajax. he is very much putting all his eggs in that basket to into the champions league next season. to into the champions league next season. in the meantime, these two league commitments that have to be fulfilled, here tonight at southampton and at home on sunday against crystal palace. josey moreno says he want