The Spanish giants welcome Lyon to the Santiago Bernabeu in a Group D clash on Tuesday evening and will travel to France for Matchday Four action on November 2.
Madrid are currently top of the group with six points from two matches, while the French outfit are two points behind them in second place.
The nine-time European Cup winners’ record against Lyon in the Champions League, though, is not encouraging as the former French champions have won three and drawn four of their eight meetings since 2005, but last season Jose Mourinho’s side defeated them 4-1 on aggregate in the Round of 16.
Casillas reflected on that victory and their European campaign in 2010-11, and explained that their aim is to win both their games against Remi Garde’s charges this time.
“We made a great improvement last year by reaching the quarter-finals and then the semi-finals of the Champions League,” the Spanish goalkeeper is quoted as saying by Madrid’s official website.
“Our record against Olympique Lyonnais is not in our favour but we managed to defeat them last year and also break the quarter-final jinx.
“They change players every year but still qualify. They are a tough opponent and this is going to be a great match. Getting the six points out of both the home and away games will be very important for us.”
The 30-year-old, much like Mourinho, refused to reveal who between forwards Gonzalo Higuain and Karim Benzema will start against Lyon on Tuesday.
“Higuain is in a good shape,” said Casillas. “I’ve known him for a long time now and his objective is always to score goals.
“We are happy with the excellent run he is having at the moment, but Benzema is also scoring goals and assisting his team-mates. It’s good for the team that both of them are doing well.”
The other game in the group on Tuesday is between Dinamo Zagreb and Ajax in Croatia.
