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Isco is Zidane's joker . Joker for wild card, joker for misunderstood, although the parallel with the character of Joaquin Phoenix does not go beyond that misunderstanding. Malaga is a player chased by the doubt in a football that, at times, does not seem his. However, there are things in this game that have not changed anything and that Isco dominates as few. Zidane knows it for sharing them and, oblivious to the surrounding noise, he has decided based on his feelings to rescue a player who seemed ruled out by Madrid and its surroundings on more than one occasion. So Isco responds.

In Pamplona, ​​the man from Malaga emerged in a harsh scenario, allegedly against his style, to support Madrid when he needed it most. Then, Modric arrived. He did not score the goal of the tie only, but he made a great physical deployment and offered some of the best assists, to Bale or Benzema , before achieving the tie. The opportunity, however, found the malagueño in the place of the center forward to play to rebound. It was the turning point that whites needed.

Isco is not a scorer, but Madrid needs everyone's goals in the post Christian era . The coach's insistence on his midfielders is clear about it. This season, Isco adds two, one in the League, little for what Zidane believes. "I'm very happy for his goal, but I insist he has to do more," said the coach, who takes advantage of his technical level between the lines, especially when he opts for a 4-4-2.

A specific footballer

Isco's life has not been traditionally easy at all in a Madrid that, tactically, did not go with its conditions of mediapunta. Under the tyrannical provision of 4-3-3 imposed by the hierarchy of the BBC, Isco had difficulty locating himself in the midfield line, where he loses his best virtues, such as the last pass and the approach to the area, and takes less more physical In the band, where it has also been used in many games, it cannot value all its conditions. Malaga is, in fact, a very specific, non-versatile soccer player, like Valverde , and neither has Modric's physical ability.

Zidane was, in fact, the first to break the sacred mantra of the BBC, with breaks for Cristiano and punishments for Bale , whose commitment he was never satisfied, even if he acts like a club man. The Welshman is not only a soccer player, but also an asset for the entity. The season in which Madrid achieved the double was, precisely, in which Isco found more prominence, first with unit B and then with the starting team. One of Bale's injuries ended up inserting him into the team he didn't fall for or in the Champions League final, in Cardiff, even though the Welshman was already recovered.

Isco was replaced in the rest of the derby with Kroos, a fact that could leave them pointed out after Madrid was dominated by Atlético. Zidane, who succeeded with the changes, returned to give them, however, prominence: the German in the elimination against Real Sociedad in the Cup and Malaga in the League. He was the best, together with Modric, of Madrid in the victory of El Sadar.

Hazard's imminent return will once again condition Isco's presences, but Malaga would make a mistake if he interpreted it as a postponement, since, incumbent or not, Zidane is sure how much a joker is worth.

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