"Raise your head and be proud. To defend this shield and defend this club"
—Iker Casillas.
"Football is a game of men. Whenever you play against Barcelona, whenever you touch them, they are on the floor crying like a baby. Whenever you make contact in a 50-50 they are on the floor, crying, putting their hand over their face, and their manager, their fans, they are always crying. Barcelona are a fantastic club, don’t get me wrong, but they have to stop a little bit of that."
— Emmanuel Adebayor.
"Win or lose I am proud to see that Real Madrid didn’t just watch Barcelona play like in the beginning of the season. They fought hard and that’s what this game is about."
—Ronaldo.
"Tonight proves everything we said before this match was true. 100 million people saw it. Nothing to add."
— Aitor Karanka
