Valencia caretaker coach Voro is ready to lead them against Real Madrid.

Voro has stepped in after Rino Gattuso left at the beginning of the week.

He said, "Unfortunately, it is not a new situation. I assume it with the usual responsibility. It requires work and the responsibility that comes with this position of being Valencia CF coach, to improve the situation and for the team to get out of the positions that are dangerous as soon as possible.

"Every situation is linked to performance. Above all, after the World Cup the team have been close to achieving good results, but things have gone the other way. We have competed well in some games, but the results are what they are and they have gone down, so a situation arose that the club have explained and that is no longer important.

"The club tell me that they believe in me to be able to turn the situation around, and as always I step forward with responsibility, knowing that we have time to work and improve. I know that the team can compete well to achieve the results to climb up the table."

On facing Real Madrid, Voro also said: "We have a very difficult game, but also an attractive one that every footballer wants to play in. We competed very well in the Supercopa against them.

"We know how difficult it is to play them away from home, but we have all the enthusiasm in the world to compete and make it difficult for them. We know where we are, but these are games that everybody wants to be in and they want to take a step forward. We have to take advantage of that and go there with full enthusiasm and confidence to compete."