The Madrileños beat Atlético de Madrid on Saturday night in Valdebebas.
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Zidane and Real find color.
Under fire from critics just a week ago, the Merengue and their French coach come in a few days to offer themselves a nice little mattress of serenity after the qualification in the knockout stages of C1 on Wednesday and the victory in the Madrid derby. Saturday.
Six points behind their evening opponents - the Colochoneros are leaders in La Liga - ZZ's men scored a crucial victory on Saturday night thanks to goals from Casemiro and Jan Okblak against his side (after a volley from Carvajal on the post, the Atlético goalkeeper returned the ball from the back into his own goal).
"Real know how to play"
Before beating Mönchengladbach on Wednesday (2-0) on Wednesday and qualifying for the knockout phase of the Champions League, the Merengue had already made up part of their delay in La Liga by hitting Sevilla FC at home, therefore before d 'to continue facing the neighbor and enemy from Madrid.
Sunday, the Casa Blanca is back on the podium with only three points for Diego Simeone's men.
A wake-up call which obviously pleased the French coach: “We believed in what we are doing.
The players know that in a career, in a season, there are difficult times, but they also know that here, as a team, we can do great things.
And we proved it today: Real know how to play ”.
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