Zinédine Zidane is going through a new low period with Real.
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JORGE GUERRERO / AFP
Double failure for Zidane and Real Madrid.
A week after the rout in the semifinals of the Spanish Supercup against the future winner Athletic Bilbao (2-1), the Merengues suffered a new big disillusion Wednesday by being out of the Copa del Rey in the 16th of final by a Spanish D3 team, Alcoyano, 2-1 after extra time.
Eder Militao opened the scoring with a header on a perfect cross from Marcelo just before the break (45th), but the Merengues were pushed beyond regulation time by the surprise equalizer from Jose Solbes at the end of the match (80th) , then ended up being beaten at the end of extra time after the goal of Juanan Casanova (115th).
"I take responsibility", says Zidane
Zidane's tense smile at the end of the match now hides deeper concerns, because Real went on a third game without success, and his tactical choices did not pay off on Wednesday.
While remaining faithful to his speech, the French coach still hinted that he would bow to the hoices of his president in the days to come.
“Against a team from Segunda B (Spanish D3), we have to seal the match faster, but it wasn't like that.
It's not a shame, none of that, he said.
We will continue to work to get out of there, we have already done it and we will do it again.
It hurts, because we don't like to lose, but we're not going to go crazy because of it.
Now we have La Liga and the Champions League.
I take responsibility for this defeat, and what will happen in the next few days will happen ”.
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