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Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane has admitted he is hurt by his decisions to leave Marcelo and Isco out of their starting lineups in recent months.
The Brazilian defender has lost prominence in the Spanish capital with Ferland Mendy now indisputably established ahead of him in the pecking order.
Since coach Zinedine Zidane returned to Madrid in early 2019, he has led 64 games for Los Blancos in La Liga and suffered 10 defeats. News from Real Madrid shows that Marcelo has started all of those losses while Madrid are undefeated in the 36 games Marcelo has not started.
Isco has started just 29 matches of the possible 90 La Liga games since the start of the 2018/19 campaign, as he has lost prominence in the Spanish capital and fought for continuous playing time this season with Zidane.
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Zidane told reporters at his pre-match press conference, in quotes from El Mundo: “It hurts because they are players who want to play and for them in particular, because of what Marcelo and Isco have done and what we have experienced together. .
“They are complicated situations, but it is the bad part of being a coach but I have to assume my responsibility. Every game I have to decide a team. These are difficult moments.
“I have all my players, they are also from Real Madrid and I don’t get involved in these things of whether they want to leave or not. I can’t control the outside, I can only say that they are here and I see them plugged in because they train very well.
“All the players train well. This is good news for a coach. They are very professional and serious people, they are training well and I see everyone connected. They know that everyone will have the opportunity to play and the team will try to continue in this line.
