Despite Real Madrid achieving 3 consecutive league victories, the last of which was yesterday, Sunday, against Levante 2-0, it received many criticisms, leaving the royal coach Zinedine Zidane out to defend his team, and this is the case of Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman itself after his 1-1 draw with Seville.
The defending champions Real Madrid tied in their first game of the season with Real Sociedad, before achieving 3 difficult victories over Real Betis and Valladolid and finally their victory over Levante on Sunday 2-0 to lead the League with 10 points.
The Spanish newspaper MARCA reported that Zidane is happy that Real Madrid has not been defeated during its four matches, as he said, "I have achieved 3 wins and a draw. What do I ask for more than that?"
"We have to be proud of what the players have done (against Levante). We are making a lot of things, and that's fine. We have to keep improving," he added after Sunday's game.
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On the other hand, Barcelona played only 3 matches and ranks fifth with 7 points from two victories and tied with Seville on Sunday 1-1, and has the opportunity to equalize Real Madrid's balance if it wins the fourth match.
And unlike the Royal, Barcelona's performance was more convincing with its new coach Koman, who managed to get the team out of the repercussions of the historic 8-2 Champions League defeat by Bayern Munich.
Coman did not know until yesterday only victories at the friendly and official levels with Barcelona, ​​which prompted him to comment on the loss of the first two points in the League this season and to defend himself and his team, which was highly praised in the first two victories of the season.
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Koman pointed out that fatigue caused Barcelona to draw with Seville on Sunday, as the team played its third match in one week, and is still feeling the effects of fatigue after the 3-0 win over Celta Vigo on Thursday, especially as he played the second half with ten players after Clémon Lingley was sent off.
"It was a stressful week for us, and we had another stressful game. We tired ourselves out against Celta Vigo by playing with a lesser player, and today (yesterday) we lacked the physical readiness and creativity in attack," said Coman.