Julen Lopetegui is ready to embrace pressure head on trying to guide Real Madrid to a fourth successive Champions League success. Los Blancos open their title defence at home to Roma, last season's semi-finalists.

Lopetegui took over following the departure of Zinedine Zidane, and accepts he has a tough act to follow. "It makes me feel proud, responsible and very excited about a competition which I don't need to explain what it means to us," he said at a press conference.