Madrid (AFP)

"I don't like to play without an audience," French Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said during his first post-containment press conference call before the Merengues returned to La Liga on Sunday at 5.30 p.m. GMT against Eibar, at in camera at the Di Stéfano stadium.

"I don't like playing without an audience. It is my opinion. But hey, given the situation, we adapt. And the absence of an audience is not going to take away our happiness and the chance we have of come back to play. The audience will be missed, but everyone is very happy to resume, "said Zidane.

After the resumption of the La Liga, after three months of interruption, Thursday evening with the Seville derby, then the entry into the running of Barça Saturday evening (20:00 GMT) in Mallorca, Real will make its comeback Sunday, in its small Di Stéfano training stadium (6,000 places), behind closed doors, because of the work in progress at the Santiago-Bernabeu.

"Di Stéfano is also our stadium. We are used to playing at the Bernabeu, but we will adapt. The distances are the same, and then we have already trained there. We are going to play here, and we are very happy, "said" Zizou ", who recovered the stars Eden Hazard and Marco Asensio, back from injuries.

"But no excuses, we will prepare well for the matches that we have left. We have a little more than a month of competition, and we will give everything to win this Liga," Zidane guaranteed.

According to the technician, Real are "ready" to resume: "We had almost a month of preparation to recover our physique, I think that was enough. It may cost us a little bit to finish the matches, surely even ... Because you can train, nothing beats competition ", feared" ZZ ".

The coach started the press conference with a word to all the victims of the pandemic and the carers, before talking about his confinement "complicated, as for many": "Lots of football, and then the family. We stayed at home, like everyone else. I tried to cook, but it was a disaster, so I stayed on soccer, "joked" Zizou ".

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