The reasons why the Real Madrid dressing room distrusts Bettoni, Zidane's advisor

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One of the most complex tasks in these years of

government

at Real Madrid has been to tackle the role of his two assistants,

and

.

From a diffuse previous curriculum, they went from the periphery of football to be protagonists of the second golden stage of the white club in its history.

From the first, his intimate relationship with the star is known since their youthful days at Cannes, together since then.

Of the second, however, hardly anything, beyond

of his friendship with Bettoni and some nebulous adventure (unconfirmed) in African boxing.The shortage of curriculum has not prevented the enormous influence of both on the French coach, especially Bettoni, enhancing his role in this second stage of Zidane in the dock.

In the club and the dressing room they see his hand and his whispers in the surprising shakes to the starting eleven that appear almost in every game.

The last, in Mestalla, settled the function with a resounding and strange win (4-1) that leaves Madrid with a terrible body in these days of international break.

,

), the penalties for absurd hands and the good start of the game pales before the confirmation that the defensive brilliance that the team exhibited in the final stretch of last season has disappeared.

Zidane's starting bet also squeaks after such an ugly result, leaving out the headlines that had been standing out (

Y

) in exchange for two substitutes who continue to prove to be far from their best version (

Y

Rotations were always the technician's flag, but now the traces of the squad and the age of some of their pieces question the system.

The applauded fine management, keeping the mood of the troop in conditions, is now observed, both from the staff and the board, with distrust.

The constant revolutions in the eleven, not always forced by injuries, are burning the coach's credit in the eyes of his superiors and subordinates, who do not understand some turns, branded from within as "incomprehensible decisions".

Good treatment of the players with Zidane

The personal relationship of the majority with Zidane is still good, not so much so with his second, Bettoni, less empathetic in the face to face, darker and who they identify as the main person in charge of the tactical dances.

Hamidou asks for photos to wallpaper walls (motivational techniques) and orders cones in the warm-ups with symmetrical discipline, with minimal participation on the blackboard.

However, his partner carries Zidane's folder, being his main advisor.

They point out in Valdebebas that the profile of the coach has been transforming, driven by the strength of the titles won and the increase in the influence of Bettoni, which would have encouraged him to exploit the tactical aspect much more and to use the whip with players like

James

Y

Bale

.

The way she managed the relationship with both of them, finally rotten, did not like anything in the house.

The Welshman didn't have many friends, but the Colombian did, and in the dressing room Zidane was seen as a degreaser pattern.

A great soccer man with an active and positive character, as well as nothing invasive, who helped the machinery work.

This has changed in recent times, with Bettoni on target as responsible for the evolution, which would have convinced him, according to the club's belief, that he should change his label, that above a skillful manager of wills he was a great strategist.

An example: getting statistics of matches with and without Kroos in the starting team, with such striking experiments as leaving the German out in the first leg against City, in the last Champions League, or on Sunday at Mestalla, with Casemiro at home due to coronavirus. Footballers have always jumped to defend their coach when they saw him on the wire.

And so they continue, grateful, but the good relationship with him does not prevent the atmosphere from becoming rarefied due to the logical erosion of time (with 222,

ZZ

He is the third coach in the history of Madrid with the most games, already within

Forest

, who directed 246) .The calendar looms with vertigo for Madrid, capable in recent weeks of alternating champion's arreones with sounded firecrackers.

Villarreal, Inter, Sevilla or Atlético are outings that will mark the future of Zidane and Bettoni, a pair that does maintain an indisputable virtue: their ability to resurrect.

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