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‘We did everything wrong’: Zinedine Zidane admits there is ‘no excuse for how we defended today’ after Real Madrid fell to their toughest LaLiga defeat in more than two years in Valencia
Zinedine Zidane has offered a compelling reflection of Real Madrid’s performance after suffering its toughest defeat in LaLiga in more than two years.
Carlos Soler scored a penalty hat-trick against Thibaut Courtois and Valencia surprised Los Blancos by beating them 4-1 at the Mestalla.
Despite striker Karim Benzema putting Madrid in the lead, Zidane’s team collapsed as Valencia increased the pressure as the score got worse.
Zinedine Zidane has offered a forceful reflection of Real Madrid’s 4-1 defeat against Valencia
It is the second defeat of the season in Madrid’s LaLiga after receiving a strong beating at Mestalla
The coach admitted that they did “everything wrong” once they conceded their first goal.
“We started the first half hour well,” said Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane.
“After the goal we collapsed and changed the dynamics. Everything happened to us; three penalties, an own goal. It is difficult to understand.”
“After his first goal we lowered our level a bit and stopped doing everything we had been doing well. We did everything wrong, it is difficult to try to understand our performance.
‘There is no excuse for how we defended ourselves today. After the first goal our heads fell and our problems continued to grow. Right now we are not defending as well as before.
Carlos Soler scored three penalties and Valencia surprised Real Madrid by four goals to one
“I don’t think Valencia have been better than us tactically today, but I am the one who needs to find solutions.”
Madrid remain fourth in the LaLiga standings after also suffering a rather embarrassing defeat to Cádiz earlier in the season.
Title rivals Barcelona have also had a slow start to the campaign under new boss Ronald Koeman, ranking eighth in the table with eleven points from seven games.
Reports have suggested that Zidane is planning a summer raid for Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba for a reduced fee of £ 53 million, despite the Frenchman’s contract ending in the summer of 2022.
