Real Madrid coach Zinédine Zidane insisted that he has "the best" players before officially facing LaLiga Santander on Saturday and he made it clear that he expects all of them to want to put him "in trouble" to make his Onces, including a Gareth Bale that "has a chip and is important", while seeing "total optimism" in the face of the campaign despite what was seen in the preseason.
"I am happy with my players and I am focused solely on the Celtic game, and my players too. We want to make a good game and compete, it is what interests us. I have the best, I have no doubt and I will always defend that "Zidane replied this Friday at a press conference questioned about the configuration of his staff.
The French coach avoided referring to his compatriot Paul Pogba or the Brazilian Neymar , although he acknowledged that "until September 2 (date of market close) everything can happen." "I am satisfied with what I have, we have spoken with the right person on this issue and we cannot speak or comment on the rest," he said.
"It seemed he was leaving, but he's here, things change and now I'm going to count on him," he added about Gareth Bale. "He has a record and is an important player, I hope everyone wants to put me in trouble to make the team," said 'Zizou', who is also "happy" with a James Rodriguez whom he sees "fit." "I will have everyone and the important thing is that they are prepared because then I have to choose myself and it is the most complicated," he reiterated.
The former player recalled that he is used to "always going to discuss" the team when he does not play "well or there are no results" as happened in this preseason. "This has just begun, we will try to excite our fans by playing well," said Zidane, who is not going to "lose" his smile. "Sometimes we each have our mood and if after a game things do not go well, I can not smile," he said after this summer he has seen something more serious.
For the French, they are "prepared" to start the official matches. "The optimism for us is that LaLiga starts. Everyone can say what they have seen so far with the new ones, but we start another dynamic, which is the competition and it is cool. Optimism is total, things are going to be done little little by little starting with Vigo's game, "he stressed.
"The preseason is a step and we worked very well, which was the objective, although perhaps the results did not accompany us. We care about the competition and now all the matches are important, I am happy with what all the players have done," he continued. Real Madrid coach
"I prefer to play well because Real Madrid is important"
To this, what interests him "more is to play well and win." "We have to try to compete and do things well together as a team because we are going to win by playing as a team, but I prefer to play well because Real Madrid is important," he admitted.
In this sense, he does not think "in the past" or what they have "won" before. "Football is what we are going to do tomorrow and onwards," he said, warning that his "personal risk was not the most important thing" when he decided to return last March.
"I don't think about my image or the criticism I receive, that is part of the coach's life. I know where I am going and what I want to capture in the field. Winning titles and matches is the consequence of having prepared well, but you have to be prepared day by day and week by week. What one has won is going to be forgotten, "added Zidane, who considers all competitions" important "and his players" know ".
Asked by the Japanese Kubo , the coach of Real Madrid said that "it is the future" of the club. "Until 2 everything can happen, but I hope he stays here training, progressing and playing with Castilla," he said.
"The Celtic has a good team. In the best league in the world there is a lot of competitiveness and many good teams, you have to be prepared to play a good game," he said of his first league rival, against which he still does not know if he can count on Carvajal, affected by the possible federative amnesty on those sanctioned on the last day of last season. "These are things I do not control and it is true that it is a bit difficult to accept and does not seem normal, but it is so," he said, warning that he will choose "the best drawing to counteract the rival."
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