Real Madrid and Zinédine Zidane separate once again
Zinédine Zidane, Real Madrid coach, in Valdebebas (Madrid suburb), April 10, 2021 JAVIER SORIANO AFP / Archives
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Under contract until June 2022, Zinedine Zidane has decided to leave Real Madrid.
He announced it on Wednesday May 26 to his management and his players.
Two Spanish media gave the information overnight from Wednesday to Thursday.
In 2018, Zidane had already returned his apron after winning his third Champions League.
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The decision is final and the French coach communicated it this Wednesday to the leaders of the club and to the team
", writes on its website the sports daily As, under the title "
Zidane leaves Real
", without specifying his sources.
Marca, the other major sports newspaper based in the Spanish capital, headlines in the same direction, based on information revealed by Italian journalist Fabrizio Romano on his Twitter account, who wrote: “
Real Madrid and Zinedine Zidane will publish both make an official statement in the coming hours / days to announce that they are going their separate ways.
Zidane leaves 100%
”.
Cadena Ser radio also advises on its site that "
Zinédine Zidane will no longer be the coach of Real Madrid
".
Real Madrid have surrendered their Spanish championship crown to Atlético Madrid, and have not won any trophies this season.
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I'm disgusted, because we didn't win
"
Zinédine Zidane has had two experiences as coach of Real.
The first between January 2016 and May 2018 with three Champions Leagues won.
The 1998 world champion and 2000 European champion had a first experience of two and a half seasons crowned with success (January 2016-May 2018) with in particular the treble in the Champions League, a feat hitherto unprecedented.
And a successful return in March 2019 with the titles gleaned in La Liga and the Spanish Supercup in 2020.
Strong criticism at the height of the sports crisis
During this 2020-2021 fiscal year, the White House coach suffered harsh criticism at the height of the sports crisis, in January, but he has always been supported.
Real stopped in the semi-final of the C1 beaten by Chelsea.
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My state of mind now is that I'm disgusted, because we did not win,
" Zidane said at a press conference, after the 2-1 victory snatched by his men against Villarreal on Saturday May 22, thanks to goals from Karim Benzema and Luka Modric. “
I will discuss with the club in the coming days with the right people. We will see shortly what will happen. Not only with me, with all of Real Madrid, which will be the club next season
, ”Zidane assured. “
I'm responsible for all of this, it's my part. We are going to assess all of this. I congratulate my players, who gave everything, but what they want is to win,
”he regretted.
Zinédine Zidane is scheduled to meet this Thursday, May 27 with its president, Florentino Pérez.
The two men should undoubtedly see the end of their collaboration.
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