Madrid waiting for Real chance

Juande Ramos has stated that if Barcelona slips up in the Primera Liga, Real Madrid will be ready to pounce.

Real are now six points behind Barca in La Liga but with a game still to be played between the two sides at the Bernabeu, deciding the league champions for the season will go down to the wire.

Ramos has declared that his team will not give up but they must give the team their all until the end of the current campaign.

"At no time did we give up on the twelve point gap that was between us and the great merit of this team will be to win every game and make Barcelona do the same," Ramos said in an interview. "The key was relaxing the players and making them believe. We have tried to get the best out of them so they can play for a team as big as Real Madrid. The effort we have put in from day to day has allowed us to compete with Barcelona in the league."

"Barcelona cannot even have the tiniest slip up because we will be there. They will have to give their best if they want to win the league, that gives me a lot of hope."

La Blaugrana are the favourites to win the league at the moment and will fancy their chances regardless of one El Classico to play.

Ramos also praised the balance in his side and recognises that not conceding goals has been key.

"Games can only be won by playing well and having a balance. If you let in a small amount of goals it helps the defence and also the attack. The first results were small, but now the team has grown a lot. We have defensive security and we have improved up front," continued Ramos.

The Los Blancos coach went on to praise the two winter signings, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and Lassana Diarra.

"They are doing wonderfully... [Diarra] knows how to read games perfectly," Ramos concluded.