Zidane: Madrid Playing Bad when Against Eibar
Zidane: Madrid Playing Bad when Against Eibar
EIBAR - Real Madrid won victory by a score of 2-1 when a visit to the headquarters of Eobar in Jornada continued 28th Spanish league 2017-2018. However, Madrid coach, Zinedine Zidane, in fact not so satisfied with the performance of his squad.
Zidane rate if a little lucky Madrid because it has Cristiano Ronaldo who is able to maximize every opportunity gained, including scored two goals in the game. However, apart from Ronaldo, there are only a few players who also played well, such as Dani Carvajal and Luka Modric.
While some other players, judged to play less than the maximum. Zidane highlighted the performance of Gareth Bale and Isco Alarcon who judged playing below expectations, as well as some others as well. According to him, Madrid was unable to find the usual game, which is able to drain the ball and create many opportunities.
"We are a little worse than usual overall, not just Isco and Bale. We did not find our game and got a lot of trouble. Everything - including Isco and Bale - is difficult, they have a lot of running and it is important to me that when things are not going well, you still have character and we have it, "said Zidane, quoting from Goal on Sunday (11/3/2018) ).
On the contrary, the former French national team captain praised the performance of Eibar which he called worth competing with the Spanish top flight team. Currently Eibar occupies the eighth position of the Spanish league standings. They are only two points adrift to get through the Europa League zone.
By seeing the performance of Eibar in the game against Madrid, Zidane also believes that they will have a chance to penetrate the Europa League zone with quality owned. While Madrid, now they are competing with Valencia in the race for third position.
"Eibar has become better, that's clear. They played a great game, especially in the first half. We know it's a complicated game. They are two strips behind the Europa League zone. We know we will have trouble and it happens, "said Zidane.