Zidane: "We are in a delicate moment"

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The Real Madrid coach , Zinédine Zidane , has acknowledged that they are going through a "delicate" moment, after three consecutive games without winning, but he has affirmed that this Sunday's Classic against FC Barcelona at Santiago Bernabéu (9.00 pm) offers them the "opportunity" to "change things".

"It is a delicate moment. It is true that there are three games in which we do not win in our stadium. Those who know about football know that they are things that can happen to you. Our spirit must be positive, because that is how we are going to get that out." , he declared at a press conference. "We have the opportunity tomorrow to change things and we will try," he added.

In spite of everything, he appealed not to give more importance to the Classic. "All the matches are the same. Tomorrow there are three points at stake. We know that it is a match different from the others, but we are in our house and we will do our best to win the match," he said. "After the game, 12 games will be missing," he recalled.

In this sense, the French coach denied that there are nerves, and asked to "enjoy the moment" with "heart, head and unity." "It's everyone's spirit. We're going to play a very nice game and we have the opportunity to make a great game," he said.

Yes Zidane explained that he had asked the parties more control team to not happen as of Wednesday at the Bernabeu, when Manchester City came from behind them in the first leg of the knockout stages of the Champions League. "We are talking about it, we are going to try that we, when something happens to us in the field, the reaction of continuing to do what we did for 78 minutes," he said.

"I have the strength to continue fighting with my players, who are the best. We are going to try to move that forward. It is a delicate moment, because we have five games without winning, but we are going to try," he warned.

Nor was he overly concerned about the lack of goal of the team . "I'm not worried. For four months we won games, even without Eden -Hazard-. The most important thing is to have solidity, and then we know that we can score goals. I have to choose and that's it," he said of his decisions in attack.

In another order of things, downplayed the absence of Toni Kroos in the defeat against City. "When there is a bad result you are looking for something. As Toni always plays, we did not lose because he was not there. They are things that can happen, the others play in the same way as Toni. We must not look for anything else. Toni is doing very well and will continue to do very well, "he said.

He also assessed the impact of Leo Messi in the culé set. "We know the importance of Messi in his team. It can be worse with him, sure, he is a fundamental player for them, but they are a team that does it well. We worry about what we are going to do, we play against a very rival well, "he said.

On the other hand, Zidane asked for the love of Madrid fans on Sunday. "We need our people with us from minute 1 to 90. I can understand that our people are a bit annoying , but we need them, and they need their team," he said.

Finally, the Madrid coach did not want to talk about a possible club march if he does not win titles this season. " I do not know, you have to ask another . I care to continue with what we are doing. In football, each competition will win one, and we will try," he concluded.

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• Zinedine Zidane
• FC Barcelona
• Leo Messi
• Real Madrid
• Toni Kroos
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