Raphael Varane apologized after he scored two goals in Manchester City's 2-1 victory over Real Madrid in the Champions League final price, but he was not the only culprit in excluding Real from the tournament, as his coach Zinedine Zidane is also responsible.
The Spanish newspaper Marca said that it is easy to blame the French defender for his very clear mistakes against City, but the mistakes of Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane should not be overlooked, and his inability to make appropriate changes when his team was behind with two goals to a goal since the 68th minute. .
The newspaper added that Zidane started the substitution in the 61st minute by dropping Marco Asensio instead of Rodrigo Silva, who was surprised everyone by his main participation, but confirmed his worth by making a Benzema goal from a perfect cross.
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Zidane remained a quarter of an hour after the second City goal, unable to change the course of the match, and then tried to correct the matter 8 minutes before the end of the normal game time after it was too late, when he made 3 offensive substitutions, involving Luca Jovic, Lucas Vasquez and Federico Valverde instead of Carvajal, Modric and Hazard who They gave nothing.
The newspaper said that the biggest surprise in the match was the absence of Brazilian Vinicius on the field throughout the match, which is believed to have made the difference in such a tie, according to many experts.
Marca confirmed that Zidane's neglect of involving Vinicius was one of the decisive reasons for excluding Real Madrid from the competition for the European title this season, despite its great local success and its crowning of the Spanish League title.