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No time to blink for Florentino Perez

Real Madrid President Florentino Perez is neither interested in  monitoring  the team’s quarterfinal clash against Juventus from afar, nor ready to wait to be told how the war was fought in Turin.

Perez boarded with the team Monday as they jetted out to Turin ahead of the first leg clash.

Madrid take on the Turin in the first leg in what is a repeat of the 2017 Champions League final on Tuesday night.

A host of Madrid players, who all wore matching navy Hugo Boss suits, posted pictures on Instagram of them departing Spain.

Sergio Ramos looked relaxed with his headphones in as he made his way to the plane and alongside him was Perez.

Isco, who scored a hat-trick against Argentina in Spain’s 6-1 victory last Tuesday, looked laid back also with his headphones in.

Defender Raphael Varane posted a photo on the social media platform heading for the plane and behind him was Gareth Bale, while Toni Kroos also took to Instagram.

The club’s official Twitter account also posted a picture of Varane and Karim Benzema on the plane with the caption: ‘We’re on our way to Turin!’

It is a big nine days coming up for Zinedine Zidane’s side as after Tuesday’s match Madrid return to league action with a derby against Atletico Madrid on Sunday, before the return leg at the Santiago Bernabeu on April 11.

But Madrid come into the Champions League tie in fine form after winning all of their games in March and Madrid also came out on top in the final last year against the Serie A side 4-1.

Madrid had announced their 24-man squad for the last-eight match earlier in the day. Juventus comfortably topping the Seria A table go into Tuesday showdown equally in super form on the heels of a 3-1 defeat of AC Milan. Juve have won four of their last five matches pulling only a 0-0 draw against SPAL.

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