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How long will Zinédine Zidane remain on the Real Madrid bench?

After the defeat against Shakhtar in the Champions League, the French coach would be ill-advised to bring back a bad result from Camp Nou during the clasico on Saturday.

And he is fully aware of it.

“When we have a bad game, we are not immune to being criticized, to think that we are going to get out.

The reality is this: when there is a lost match, we necessarily say that we are going to change everything, ”Zidane explained on Friday, on the eve of the first clasico of the season on the 7th day of the championship.

Zidane assumes but does not abdicate

" It has always been like this.

The story does not change.

Us, that does not make us change.

What should make us change is to tell ourselves that tomorrow (Saturday) we have an opportunity to play a great match, and we are preparing for that, to change things.

The rest will never change, ”insisted the technician.

Zidane reiterated on Friday that he must "find the solution" after the last two losses (the first was against Cadiz, in La Liga): "I have always been critical of myself, it is the engine to improve .

(…) After a defeat, as a coach, most of the criticism is for me, and that's normal.

But I don't live in the past (…) Tomorrow is a perfect scenario to change our image.

There are difficult times, but that's where the big print and the quality players show up, ”he said.

With Ramos against Barcelona

For this clasico which will be played for the first time in history behind closed doors due to the pandemic, Zidane will be able to count on his captain Sergio Ramos, victim of a violent blow to the left knee last Saturday and absent on Wednesday, but who s 're trained with the squad on Friday.

“Sergio is our captain, our leader.

We're not going to take any risks.

He has recovered, he will be with us.

You have to be 100%, and I believe Sergio is, ”the coach concluded.

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