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Zidane Zidane brought his Real Madrid players together for crucial talks following his shocking loss to newly promoted Cádiz, according to reports in Spain.
The Spanish champions suffered their first defeat of the league season after Anthony Lozano’s goal gave the Andalusian team all three points in the capital.
And according to Spanish media Marca, the French coach brought his team together to hold crisis talks before this week’s opening game in the Champions League.
The report adds that the words ‘intensity’ and ‘attitude’ were used regularly when Zidane questioned the display of his stars on his land.
The same outlet also claimed that some of the club’s high-profile names, including Sergio Ramos, Toni Kroos and Luka Modric, were also willing to express their dislike for the performance.
Players and staff reportedly agreed with each other as to why they suffered the defeat and highlighted the importance of playing harder, with their next LaLiga game being the El Clásico against Barcelona.
Ronald Koeman’s men also suffered a loss before the weekend’s showdown, after a Jaime Mata penalty saw Getafe inflict a first league loss on Barcelona since the Dutchman took over.
Zidane also did not offer post-match excuses for his team, admitting that his team couldn’t be happy with itself.
“We have to accept defeat and that’s it,” the Real Madrid coach told an online press conference.
“We cannot be happy with ourselves and we are not, but these things can happen in football.
“If you don’t start well, things can turn into an uphill struggle and that’s what happened tonight, but it’s no excuse.
‘We lost a game, nothing more than that. Now we have to focus on our next game and try to turn it around. ‘
Madrid will look to do just that when they face Shakhtar Donetsk, before taking on their archrivals on Saturday.
The defeat of Cádiz was the first royal blot in what had been a stable start to the season for Real.
After a goalless draw with Real Sociedad, they achieved consecutive victories against Real Betis, Valladolid and Levante.
Source: m.allfootballapp.com
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