• Zidane, on the Golden Ball. "The best are mine"

The footballers who seemed irrecoverable, transfer meat, is back. Isco Alarcón is reborn after a chaotic year in which he was at odds with the scale, fought with Solari and was punished for injuries. 2019 agonized and the Malaga discovers the light of the tunnel thanks to a coach with whom he will always be in debt. Others would have placed him in the market (in the Premier he is very quoted), but Zidane insisted on staying with him, because he was trained to recover him physically and physically, for that he designed a long-term plan that now begins to bear fruit, right now, when the most intense phase of the season starts and when Luis Enrique , his other great supporter, returns to the command of the national team.

Isco stormed last Tuesday as headline against the PSG and its high performance convinced the public and, above all, Zidane. «It has been a great match and we continue to grow. I sign to be like this every day. Isco has played between the lines and has done very well, ”said the Frenchman. A high performance that gives you options to be relevant again in today's match against Alavés .

The Malaga is well suited to the midfielder position, but he also feels comfortable as a half point. It easily attaches to systems 4-3-3 and 4-4-2. That versatility is appreciated by Zidane and Luis Enrique. The French also highly value his "personality" and the special motivation in senior appointments. It seems disgraceful but in the big games of the Champions League and the League always stands out, as he did against PSG. To him, unlike others, the pressure stimulates him. «I know he's fine and I'm happy for him. You can play in any game that will do well, ”said Zidane.

"The brown to choose"

A compliment that does not guarantee ownership in Mendizorroza , against Alavés, but that fuels self-esteem. «Isco enters and does well, demonstrates the personality he has. The brown to choose every three days is mine, the players are plugged in and know that my philosophy will not change. We are not here to win a game but to win things and for that you need the entire squad. I count on everyone although it is logical that there are players who play less, ”adds Zidane.

The strong character is a virtue that sometimes, with Isco, is transformed into a harmful arrogance that prevents him from measuring the scope of his decisions. That happened after the dismissal of Lopetegui and his subsequent confrontation with Solari, punished with marginalization in the dressing room of the Bernabéu. "To play you have to get first physically and then competitively," justified the Argentine coach, who always saw Malaga out of weight. The controversial midfielder had offers from England , but after being a father for the second time he preferred to stay in Madrid, with his family.

However, Zidane never had doubts with Isco. Gone is a mediocre statistic from the start of the season: nine games played, only three as a starter, 314 minutes, seven shots and zero goals . Some numbers that you now need to decorate. The Eurocup train awaits you.

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