Victory over Barcelona saves Zidane's future with Real Madrid
Real Madrid avoided entering into a real crisis in the best possible way by defeating eternal rivals Barcelona in the last house 3-1 in the first silent Clasico in the history of the confrontations between them in La Liga, directing an early moral blow to their traditional rivals.
The royal team fought the match amid great pressures after two consecutive losses, both at home to Cadiz in the local league 0-1 last week, and then against Shakhtar Daniyetsk of Ukraine 2-3 at the start of his Champions League campaign.
As for Barcelona, it suffered its second loss in the domestic league after a good start in the current season after its fall last week against Getafe 1-0.
Real advanced early with a goal by Uruguayan midfielder Ernesto Valverde before young striker Ansu Fati realized the draw immediately after, but legendary Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos and veteran midfielder Luka Modric scored twice in the second half to give their team a much-needed victory.
With this result, Real Madrid, the leaders, beat Barcelona by 6 points in the domestic league, but the latter has a postponed match.
The victory removed the great pressures on the shoulders of French coach Zinedine Zidane, because a third successive loss would have drawn a big question mark about his future at the helm of the team's technical staff, amid local press reports about the possibility of Argentine Maurizio Pochettino taking over the team's coaching after the local and continental losses.
On the other hand, pressures are burdening the new Barcelona coach, Ronald Koeman, who took over the Catalan team's training as a successor to Keiko Setien after the bitter defeat by Bayern Munich 2-8 in the Champions League last season.
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