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Cameras caught Real Madrid midfielder Isco complaining about his limited role in the team with coach Zinedine Zidane on Saturday.
Isco, who was an unused substitute in a 3-1 Classic victory over Barcelona at Camp Nou – was captured by Movistar TV cameras talking to Luka Modric and Marcelo while they were sitting in the stands before the game.
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“Yes [Zidane] he has to take me out, he takes me out in the 50 or 60 minute, sometimes at half-time, “said Isco, which caused laughter from his teammates.” If you have to bring me, bring me in Minute 80 “.
The Spanish international has made just two starts in La Liga this season.
Against Real Valladolid he played 57 minutes before being retired, and retired after 45 minutes against Cádiz for failing to impress.
He has also made two appearances as a substitute, entering the break against Real Betis and in the 89th minute against Levante.
Zidane assured that “he had no doubts” about the 28-year-old player after the Cádiz performance and said that “it was a bad day, we want to change things, and Isco first of all.”
Speaking ahead of the team’s Champions League clash against Borussia Monchengladbach on Tuesday, midfielder Toni Kroos told reporters that the players are firmly behind Zidane as their coach.
“We have never had doubts about [Zidane]. We win and we lose together. It’s not that if we lose once, we’re not with him. It would be easy. We are not like that. We saw the result on Saturday, “Kroos said.
From Madrid Classic The victory eased pressure on the manager after the team suffered two upset losses in a row to Cádiz and then to Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League.
Zidane had insisted that he felt the support of the club – and of president Florentino Pérez – and denied that veteran players like Isco had trouble motivating themselves in the face of so-called inferior opposition.
“I have won many things with these players … I will be with them to death,” he said last week.
“In those two games we lacked many things, but not the attitude of my players. They are motivated to do things well.”
