• Derbi.Zidane doubts Hazard: risk or not with the Belgian in the derby?

The Real Madrid coach , Zinédine Zidane , said Friday that his impending league derby against Atlético de Madrid "is completely different" than they lived last summer in preseason , with a historic win for the mattresses, and also the most recent in the final of the Spanish Super Cup , conquered by the meringues in the penalty shootout.

"The preseason game was like that and we neither look at that nor look at Supercopa. Tomorrow is another day, it is another completely different game for both teams. We know that we are going to have a very complicated game and they too. What I hope is to watch a great football game, you don't have to compare anything from one game to another, "Zidane said at a press conference.

"It is a special game for our fans and we always like to play at the Bernabéu. They always try to support us in every game, what we want is for our fans to be behind us and that is what will happen tomorrow," he said. French coach

Thus, 'Zizou' has stressed that its staff has 25 players and that "they are all very well" for any commitment. "Then I have to choose me. The good thing about our team is that, that they are all involved. When they have to play a game, they try to do it well and at least they give everything in the field; and for me it is the most important thing," He has reiterated.

"As I always say, when you have 25 players, for a call of 18 some are going to be left out and it's complicated for a coach. But this will never change, so the important thing is that they are all prepared and concentrated," has indicated about it.

"The most complicated thing for me is to leave players at home because they train all week and what they want is to play. But that's why I say they are all important , I also have the best and what they have to do is be prepared," Zidane has repeated.

"There are many games and the good thing is that the players know it and I am going to have everyone," he said before analyzing whether the current Real Madrid is better than that of its previous stage. "I don't know, I'm straight too," a journalist has teased.

" When I played, I was already asked if mine was the best ... The important thing is that here it has always been like this, Real Madrid has always had the best players. But each stage is different," he clarified in that regard .

On the other hand, Zidane has praised the good run of his pupils . "What I can highlight is work and confidence in what we are doing; it is believing in what we are doing, nothing more. The word is work, good or bad always comes out with work. We have to demonstrate another tomorrow. what we are doing lately, "he said.

Likewise, he has commented on the state of form of the Belgian striker Eden Hazard . "This week he has trained little by little with us, but the possibilities are still very wide. Anyway, we will never risk with a player, " said 'Zizou'.

Gareth Bale has been another of the most repeated names in the press conference, for rumors about a last-minute goodbye in the winter transfer market. "He is with us and I am going to count on him, I do not contemplate this possibility, " he admitted bluntly. "The players have a contract and I'm going to have those who are here until the end," continued the Madrid coach.

Meanwhile, he has denied that he understands criticism of Diego Pablo Simeone for the bad results of Atlético. "But this is not up to us. Everyone knows the situation and I know what Simeone is as a coach, he is one of the best," he said.

"I said recently that Guardiola was the best and Simeone is too, he has shown. And nothing has changed about what I think about Simeone. But this situation we all know as coaches, especially in these teams," has finally argued, alluding to the difficulty involved in directing teams of enjundia.

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