Sergio Ramos said he was obviously happy to see bitter rivals Barcelona lose in the Champions League as he basked in Real Madrid's success.
There is no secret of the mutual hatred between Madrid and Barcelona, and the European titleholders from the Spanish capital were able to watch on in delight as the Catalans suffered a humiliating 4-0 defeat to Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday.
Barca have a mountain to climb heading into the second leg of their last-16 tie, while Madrid are in the box seat following Wednesday's 3-1 win at home to Napoli.
Asked if he was happy about Barca's defeat in Paris, captain Ramos told reporters: "I won't say no.
"I don't like to see my friends suffer, but obviously I don't like Barcelona to win."
"I wasn't [surprised]," he added. "What it means is that in Champions League any team pays for a bad game. PSG did a great game, put pressure in the front."
Madrid, however, will be sweating on the fitness of Ramos, who hobbled off with a leg injury 19 minutes from time.
"I suffered a blow and I hurt my hip and adductor, I held on as I could until I thought the result was good, to wait for the tests," the Spanish defender said. "Hopefully it's not anything muscular."
