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Zinedine Zidane’s position is not in danger yet, but the club’s managers do not understand some of his decisions about Odegaard, Jovic, etc.
Zidane’s job at Real Madrid is not in danger … for now. The disastrous defeat against the minnows of the Alcoyano third division and the elimination of the Super Cup at the hands of Athletic Club have crushed the already deteriorated situation of the French coach within the club. Even so, according to Bernabéu sources consulted by this newspaper, his dismissal is still ruled out, for now, after the worst week at the club in a long time. The idea is to keep things as they are until the Champions League tie against Atalanta, and after the team’s performances in Europe decide Zizou’s future. But the tightrope that Zidane is on could be broken before then, for a number of reasons.
Another disastrous performance by Real Madrid could leave the curtain on Zidane
Another disaster this Saturday in Vitoria (Real Madrid play Alavés at 9:00 p.m. in LaLiga) could force a drastic decision, although President Florentino Pérez refuses to even think about this scenario for the moment. The problem for Zidane is that his position has not only been affected by double knockouts in Copa del Rey and Super Cup (Solari was fired for losing three competitions in seven days) but also by the image presented by the coach. and the way he has treated various players. The leaders of the Bernabéu do not understand Zidane’s approach to certain younger players who are strategic bets for the future club, at the same time that he has protected veteran players who They seem to lack motivation and focus on other things besides the desire to win titles no matter what.
Odegaard: an urgent matter
In the oak-paneled executive suite of the Bernabéu, the main topic of conversation is how things got to the point where Odegaard wants to leave the club, bored as he is of being an outsider, even behind Isco, who is far from the player who It was when he was in the starting eleven that he triumphed in the Champions League in Cardiff and Kiev. The Real Madrid leaders also feel that Zidane has made little use of players like Lunin (who had not played for a minute until the game against Alcoy), Odriozola, Militao, Vinicius and Mariano, to the point that when he calls them, they are far from their best. Zidane’s approach also led Jovic to request the loan, despite Zidane recommending his signing two summers ago, with the club spending 60 million on the player.
The club also sees Zidane at fault due to the fact that youngsters like Reguilón, Achraf, Marcos Llorente, Brahim and Borja Mayoral are triumphing in Tottenham, Inter, Atlético de Madrid, Milan and Roma. having understood that they had little or no chance of playing the first team with Zidane. Reguilón and Llorente are two clear cases, where the The French coach refused to even give them the benefit of the doubt. Zidane has relied on his praetorian guard of 14 players, and it is true that he has won the ‘LaLiga del Coronavirus’ and has a total of 11 trophies, only behind the 14 of Miguel Muñoz. But the team currently appears to be in free fall and Zidane seems indifferent to the fact.
Zizou’s lack of action worries Real Madrid managers. “It is not a failure, these things can happen. Now we have to focus on the League and the Champions League ”, said Zidane in Alcoy at the end of the game, to his disbelief. The thinking is that the coach is allowing some players to get away without making much effort, knowing that they will continue to be part of the team, while others know that they have no chance to play, no matter what they do in training.
Zidane and the wardrobe, a broken relationship?
The communication between Zidane and the dressing room is not as fluid as in the glory days. Before the start of extra time against Alcoy, he could be seen talking only with Marcelo and Víctor Chust, to comment on what happened in the corner that led to the goal, But there was no motivational talk from the team like the one Zidane knew before, showing how he was in perfect harmony with his players.
In short, Real Madrid is not going to take any drastic measures until at least the Champions League can be heard again in fields across Europe (the game against Atalanta is on February 24 in Bergamo), with the hope that in these 34 days Zizou is able to shoot the team in La Liga, where he is still in a worthy position to fight for the title with Atlético del Cholo. But in this month of free Wednesdays, if there are more disasters like those we saw at La Rosaleda or El Collao, it is likely that Zidane’s days on the Real Madrid bench are numbered …
Source: m.allfootballapp.com
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