Real Madrid's stars, including Jude Bellingham, carefully avoided stepping on the Manchester City badge before training at the Etihad Stadium.
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- Real Madrid train at Etihad ahead of blockbuster second-leg
- Video shows Madrid stars avoiding stepping on City shield
- Gesture follows tradition in Spain of respecting badge
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WHAT HAPPENED?
As the players made their way through the tunnel out on to the pitch for their final training session ahead of Wednesday night's Champions League quarter-final second-leg, cameras caught the squad, including Jude Bellingham and Vinicius Junior, diligently avoiding stepping on the City shield embossed on the floor of the corridor.
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The gesture follows something of a tradition in Spain of not stepping across a club crest and will be second nature to most of the Madrid squad and has been quickly picked up by Bellingham. Similar footage emerged from a quarter-final clash in 2022 when Atletico Madrid's Luis Suarez and Rodrigo De Paul neatly avoided the same badge in the Etihad tunnel.
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WHAT NEXT FOR REAL MADRID?
It will be fascinating to see how long the off-field respect can hold when the action gets underway in Manchester on Wednesday evening, with the tie finely balanced after their epic 3-3 first-leg draw.