Zinedine Zidane on the bench of Real Madrid during a match against Betis Sevilla, March 8, 2020. - REX / SIPA

Quiet like Zinedine Zidane. The Real Madrid coach presented himself in a strong position on Wednesday at a press conference. His team can clinch their 34th Liga crown Thursday night against Villarreal, on the 37th day. A great revenge for him and his players, criticized throughout the season but who have never been discouraged.

“The players, when they arrive, they know what this club means, what it wants, the ambition it has always had. When we came back to work after confinement, after staying almost three months at home, I felt that the players wanted to achieve great things, said Zizou. It showed in training. I saw them, they wanted something, they stayed at the end of the sessions to do additional work. It says it all about what this team is trying to accomplish. "

"I enjoy what I do every day here"

From a personal point of view, Zidane, returned to the Real bench in March 2019 after a successful first three seasons (2016-2018) and then nine sabbatical months, is very close to winning his 11th title as coach of the " White House ”… although he has experienced ups and downs since his return.

"We often say" die with your ideas ". No, it's "living with your ideas". (…) After the bad days, there is always sun. And I disfrute ("profit", disfrutar in Spanish) every day, and I will "disfrute" in the same way of the few days that we have left to win this Liga ".

“There may be comments outside, but I enjoy what I do every day here. Tomorrow (Thursday), we are going to play "life to death", as always, and the opponent will do the same, "thundered the Madrid coach, who ensures that the whole team is concentrated only than on the match against Villarreal.

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