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The

Real Madrid

was eliminated in the semifinals of the

Supercopa of Spain

after losing to Athletic Club, a

fact that his coach,

Zinedine Zidane

, argued for the bad start of his players, who received two goals in the first half.

"Our first half has been complicated.

We did not go well

. They have had two occasions and have scored two goals," said the Frenchman, who acknowledged that his team had had a "good second half."

"We have tried, we have had two sticks, the goal ... We have created chances but it has not been possible."

The Frenchman attributed the result to the lack of reading in those first moments: "

We have failed to read the beginning of the game well

. We had to jump the line a little and we did nothing. We lost two or three balls that are not usual."

At 25 minutes and after Athletic's first goal, Zidane decided to change the initial scheme and place

Hazard

on the left and

Asensio

on the right, so that the Mallorcan would occupy a position that until then had been for Modric.

"

We were not comfortable with Luka's position,

" he acknowledged, and about the Belgian he declared that "

you have to be patient with Eden

."

Later, despite the Whites' attempts in the second half, neither

Benzema, Asensio, Hazard nor Ramos

could achieve a tie on the scoreboard.

Thus, Zidane decided to enter Mariano and remove Karim, who scored the only white goal of the night: "I was happy with Karim's game, but I was looking for freshness. Mariano finishes well."

Now, with the open front of the

Copa del Rey

, the complicated comeback in the League and the arrival of the knockout stages of the

Champions League

, Madrid has no choice but to forget what happened in Malaga and look forward: "It's not a failure. Failure is not trying. Life is like that and you can't always win. When things don't go well there is no choice but to keep working. We have tried and that's it. "

"I do not know if for a penalty, but it hits the hand"

Asensio

, for his part, was on the same line as his coach.

"We have been in tow, it has been complicated. We are angry and sad", admitted the Mallorcan, who protested a possible hand in the Bilbao area: "

In the hand it gives, I do not know if it is for a penalty, if it rebounds

. .. But in the hand gives ".

Emilio Butragueño, Real Madrid's Director of Institutional Relations, acknowledged that Athletic had "taken advantage of their moments."

"

The two goals are two accidents

. We had chances but they took advantage of theirs. Today was like a final, every detail counts. And the details were on their side.

Thibaut Courtois

was, as always, more direct: "We have received many penalties this year.

His second goal is a penalty that this year we receive a lot

...", he said.

"In the first half they mark us in those two unfortunate plays and in the second half we have two suits ... It's bad luck."

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  • Copa del Rey

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