Tag: Zinedine Zidane

Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane says Gareth Bale wished not to play against Manchester City

Zinedine Zidane said that it was not a tactical but a personal decision that saw Gareth Bale out of Real Madrid's Manchester City-bound squad.

August 7, 2020

Real Madrid president Florentino Perez calls Zinedine Zidane ‘the architect’ of La Liga victory

Karim Karim Benzema was the star of the night for Real Madrid as he scored a brace to help them win their 34th Spanish league title.

July 17, 2020

Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos hails manager Zinedine Zidane after winning La Liga 2019-20

Zinedine Zidane also heaped praises on the efforts of Sergio Ramos and lauded how he has led Real Madrid on the field before calling him the true captain.

July 17, 2020

Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane ‘extremely happy’ after ‘sepcial’ La Liga title win

Real Madrid were crowned the champions after they bear Villarreal 2-1 on Thursday at the empty Alfredo Di Stefano Stadium.

July 17, 2020

Zinedine Zidane proud of Real Madrid players for winning 9 straight matches

Meanwhile, with just two matches remaining Real Madrid stand at the top of the points table and will be crowned La Liga champions if they win the next match

July 14, 2020

‘Three cup finals left’: Zinedine Zidane on Real Madrid’s remaining La Liga matches

Zinedine Zidane was relieved by Madrid's performance especially when his team managed to pull out a comfortable victory without a string of key players.

July 11, 2020

Zinedine Zidane wants Lionel Messi to stay in La Liga amid exit claims

Earlier, Messi's boyhood club Newell's Old Boys' vice-president Christian D'Amico had gone on record claiming that there remains a chance that Messi might finish up his career in Argentina.

July 3, 2020

‘We can do better, but I’m satisfied’: Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane after beating Mallorca 2-0

Zinedine Zidane was also seen hailing Sergio Ramos' free-kick which had made the scoreline 2-0 in Real Madrid's favour against Mallorca.

June 25, 2020

Zinedine Zidane satisfied with Real Madrid’s ‘well-deserved’ 3-0 win over Valencia in La Liga

However, Zinedine Zidane has urged Real Madrid players to give it their all in the remaining La Liga matches and treat them as "finals".

June 19, 2020

Karim Benzema reveals what Zinedine Zidane says during Real Madrid training sessions

Zinedine Zidane worked with the Real Madrid entire team for the first time on Monday since they returned to training after a suspension of over two months.

June 3, 2020

Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldinho, Pablo Aimar insipired me: Juan Mata

The Spaniard calls himself lucky to be born at a time when football in the country was changing as technique was dominating everything.  

April 20, 2020

Bhaichung Bhutia joins Pele, Zidane, Beckham in FIFA’s drive to laud ‘humanity’s heroes’

Bhaichung Bhutia had earlier featured in Asian Football Confederation's (AFC) ‘Break The Chain’ campaign to combat the global pandemic.

April 19, 2020

Poor game for us from beginning to end: Zinedine Zidane after 1-2 loss to Real Betis

The Blancos came into Sunday’s match at Seville’s Benito Villamarin stadium trailing Barca by 2 points after the Blaugrana’s hard-fought victory on Saturday over Real Sociedad.

March 9, 2020

Zinedine Zidane heaps praise on Pep Guardiola, calls him ‘best’ coach

Zinedine Zidane also explained how he was inspired by Pep Guardiola and even spent time with him during his Bayern Munich days in 2015.

February 26, 2020

Zinedine Zidane casts doubt on Eden Hazard return this season

Madrid confirmed another fracture was revealed during tests on Sunday and Zidane has cast doubt on whether Hazard will return this term.

February 25, 2020

Real Madrid make light of absentees to go top but Atletico beaten

Karim Benzema, Sergio Ramos and Eden Hazard were all absent at the Santiago Bernabeu for Real Madrid but Casemiro stepped up in their place.

January 19, 2020

Quique Setien’s arrival sets Barca against Real in clash of identities

Real Madrid, buoyed by their triumph in Saudi Arabia, play at home to Sevilla on Saturday, while Setien's first game comes on Sunday, also at home, against Granada.

January 17, 2020