Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said that his team benefited from the criticism leveled against
him in recent weeks, to achieve an important 2-0 victory over its neighbor and rivals Atletico Madrid
in a summit match in the Spanish League, Saturday.
Less than two weeks ago, Real Madrid was suffering after two consecutive losses against Alaves and Shakhtar
Donetsk of Ukraine, and had a date with difficult matches against Seville, Borussia Moenchengladbach,
and Atletico, and it seemed that Zidane’s future at stake.
But the royal team won all three matches and came close to returning to the level shown by the end of
last season and led them to claim the league title.
Real are now third in the league, 3 points behind leaders Atlético, who has a game in hand.
“We were pained by some of the things that were said but it made us stronger,” Zidane told a press conference
after winning the goals of Casemiro and Danny Carvajal. How to play and perform. ”
The French coach was extremely happy and praised many of his players, especially the two midfielders
Toni Kroos and Luka Modric, and said that they are performing at the same level as the club was when they
won the Champions League three times in a row.
But Zidane stressed that Real still needed a lot of work in order to play at a steady level.
The former Real midfielder said: “I am happy with everything we did in the match. We pressed the opponent
on the length of the stadium and did not let Atletico enter the atmosphere of the match. This is a great week
and I am happy for the players because they have confidence in themselves.”
“We have built on what we have done in the last two matches and competed beautifully for most of the match.
But there is nothing worth celebrating because we haven’t won anything yet,” added Zizou.
