Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldo praised the leadership skills of his former coach Zinedine Zidane in a documentary about the French coach returning to the royal training nine months after the resignation.
"I think Zidane knows how to deal with the team in a smart way, and it's not easy because all the players like to play a lot," Ronaldo said in a documentary on Zidane Relent Madrid. But he knows how to work smartly and he is capable of involving the whole team. "
The Portuguese star - under the leadership of Zidane - won the Champions League three consecutive times, before leaving for the old lady last summer after differences with the president of Real Madrid.
Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos also praised his current coach in the documentary, saying: "Zidane's journey speaks for itself, everything he did to a player and everything he did as coach."