Real lost last week's first leg 2-0 at home to Barca but are determined to repeat their feat of nine years ago when they won 2-0 in the first leg in Camp Nou.
They then drew the second leg 1-1 to reach the final, where they beat Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 in Glasgow for their record ninth triumph.
"Real Madrid is a team accustomed to heroics," said Jorge Valdano, Real's general director.
"We have hope for Tuesday. The players will make a special effort."
Defender Sergio Ramos said: "We have to be aware of the difficulties, but it is not impossible. We will have to give it everything in Barcelona."
Ramos is suspended for the second leg, along with Pepe, whose sending-off in the first leg provoked a maelstrom of accusations and acrimony.
Coach Jose Mourinho was sent off for protesting Pepe's red card, and then accused UEFA of giving Barcelona "special treatment." He will be up in the Camp Nou stands rather than on the bench.
The Portuguese coach will need a more adventurous strategy than in the first leg, when his team had only 21-per-cent possession - and managed just one shot on goal.
He is considering bringing in either Karim Benzema or Emmanuel Adebayor to support Cristiano Ronaldo in attack, as well as replacing midfielder Mesut Oezil with fit-again Kaka.
Barca will again field a makeshift defence due to injuries. Gabriel Milito, Eric Abidal and Adriano are all out, though Carles Puyol and Maxwell will probably be fit.
Coach Pep Guardiola will probably put Puyol at left-back, with Javier Mascherano alongside Gerard Pique in the heart of the defence.
Andres Iniesta, who missed the first leg with a pulled muscle, will probably be on the subs' bench. His place in midfield will be taken either by Seydou Keita or Ibrahim Afellay, who looked lively when he came off the bench in the first leg.
Barca would like a calm match after all the bitterness and recriminations of the first leg.
Club president Sandro Rosell said: "I would like to ask the fans for civility, we have to give a good example by not rising to the provocations that they (Real) have made, as they have been doing for a while now."
Rosell, whose friendship with Real president Florentino Perez has been damaged by recent events, added that "I do not like the ambience that has been created from the other side (Madrid)."
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