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Article continues belowArticle continues belowArticle continues below<ul><li>Real Madrid train at Etihad ahead of blockbuster second-leg</li><li>Video shows Madrid stars avoiding stepping on City shield</li><li>Gesture follows tradition in Spain of respecting badge</li></ul>

VIDEO: Jude Bellingham, Vinicius Junior among Real Madrid stars to purposely avoid stepping on Man City badge when heading out to train at Etihad Stadium

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As the players made their way through the tunnel out on to the pitch for their final training session ahead of <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/pep-guardiola-no-fear-real-madrid-admits-man-city-must-control-jude-bellingham-reach-champions-league-semi-finals/blt00be275d2efdd8bf" target="_blank">Wednesday night's Champions League quarter-final second-leg</a>, cameras caught the Los Blancos squad, including Jude Bellingham and Vinicius Junior, diligently avoiding stepping on the City shield embossed on the floor of the corridor.

WHAT HAPPENED?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">🎩 SEÑORÍO PURO del REAL MADRID. 👏 Los jugadores evitaron pisar el escudo del Manchester City al salir a entrenar en el Etihad. <a href="https://t.co/tICX9oOvEu">pic.twitter.com/tICX9oOvEu</a>— El Chiringuito TV (@elchiringuitotv) <a href="https://twitter.com/elchiringuitotv/status/1780508243820957875?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 17, 2024</a></blockquote>
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WATCH THE CLIP

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 <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/watch-atletico-madrid-stars-suarez-and-de-paul-avoid-stepping-on-manchester-city-s-club-badge-in-tunnel-as-mark-of-respect/bltd9ea5af91cafdb68" target="_blank">Atletico Madrid's Luis Suarez and Rodrigo De Paul neatly avoided the same badge</a> in the Etihad tunnel.

THE BIGGER PICTURE

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 <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/real-madrid-player-ratings-vs-manchester-city-federico-valverde-antonio-rudiger/blt390ef7e712f44a0f" target="_self">epic 3-3 first-leg draw</a>.

WHAT NEXT FOR REAL MADRID?

VIDEO: Jude Bellingham, Vinicius Junior among Real Madrid stars to purposely avoid stepping on Man City badge when heading out to train at Etihad Stadium | Goal.com

Real Madrid&apos;s stars, including Jude Bellingham, carefully avoided stepping on the Manchester City badge before training at the Etihad Stadium.

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