Chronicle Zidane does not work miracles
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Odriozola, Chust, Militao, Marcelo, Antonio Blanco, Isco, Rodrygo, Arribas, Mariano
... Against
Getafe
and playing for the leadership of the
Santander League
,
Zinedine Zidane had
no choice but to grant important roles to footballers who had not exceeded
1,000 minutes played
this season. 924 leads Marcelo, 871 Rodrygo, 829 Militao, 825 Isco, 563 Mariano, 390 Odriozola, 138 Arribas, 124 Chust ... And zero accumulated a
White
that debuted in the first team at 15 of the second half to form for half an hour after having played the 90 minutes with Castilla on Saturday afternoon.
Two games in two days
.
Emergency decisions for emergency situations in a Madrid that, despite the nine casualties and the draw, did not want to make excuses for the night in Getafe. "In adversity is the strength of the group,
it is not time to cry for losses
, you have to face it, all the players who are in Madrid are for something," acknowledged
Thibaut Courtois
, a hero again under the sticks. The Belgian goalkeeper made several (almost) impossible saves that avoided the azulón goal and is still in a state of grace. "
A little disappointed
with the point. The only positive thing is not conceding a goal. We must give value to the work of Blanco, Arribas, Chust ... What they did is very good," he insisted on the youngsters, showing that he is already one of the locker room leaders.
In the same vein that Courtois was established Zidane, who also did not want to name the casualties in the list of arguments for the tie and dedicated himself to congratulating his team for the effort.
"The team has fought. Suddenly we had two more casualties and it was difficult, but they have given everything.
We have lacked offensive clarity, we have lacked something
. It will not end here," said the French coach, who admitted that
Kroos " I was in discomfort
".
"That's why he didn't play. We have a lot of games and
we can't do foolish things
. We have to manage that. Look for ourselves and not for others. We have to go to the death and our mentality will not change."
Marcelo: "I don't have a secondary role"
Marcelo
played a full game again, the eighth of his season, after the 120 minutes he played in the Copa del Rey tie against Alcoyano, three months ago.
The Brazilian, who already started against Elche a couple of weeks ago, admitted that he needs "minutes" and claimed his role in the Madrid squad: "
I don't think I have a secondary role
. I contribute a lot to the team, I have taught the kids that they can never give up, I'm working hard to get back to the level
I was
before.
I need minutes
. Playing, things work out, "he said.
The state of the field, up for debate
The merengue captain insisted on the state of the pitch, a circumstance also commented on by Courtois and the azulón
Maksimovic
. "The field was very dry, but it is what it is," explained the Brazilian. "The one in Getafe is a difficult field, with very dry grass. It was difficult to circulate the ball," estimated the goalkeeper. "The
pitch was drier, slower
. I don't know what happened today," said the Getafe midfielder.
Bordalás
, however, criticized the mentions of the field: "You get lost in things that are not important.
I don't know what happens that something alien to football always comes out when my team plays a good game
. The field is as we want within the rules and legality ".
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