Since Cristiano Ronaldo left Real Madrid, the club is in disarray in competitions and other events. Zinedine Zidane, who briefly coached Real Madrid, was called up again to fix the club towards the end of last season. Not as easy as turning the palm of the hand, last season El Real struggled before finally ranked third in the standings. The pre-season match was also a downward, Real conceding seven goals in a 3-7 defeat to Atletico Madrid. In another pre-season match, Real lost on penalties to AS Roma.
Now, La Liga has started to roll again. Real has the ambition to coup Barcelona in the Spanish League. Because, in the last 11 years, Barca won 8 times. While Real is only two times champion in that period. Meanwhile, since 2000, Barcelona won 10 times, Real won six times in La Liga. Zidane wants to be Real’s eighth coach who can offer two La Liga titles. Real strength is still in doubt from their new recruits. Eder Militao, Rodrygo Goes, Luka Jovic, Ferland Mendy and Eden Hazard.
Despite Paul Pogba, who was wanted by Zidane to join Real, Zidane made his debut in Week 1 of La Liga 2019-2020 with a 3-1 win over Celta Vigo on Saturday at the Balaidos Stadium, Vigo. Zidane’s goals were presented by Lucas Vasquez, Toni Kroos and Karim Benzema in the 80th, 61th and 12th minutes. Celta Vigo minimizes defeat in the 90 + 1 minute through Iker Losada Aragunde.
Although Real lost control of the ball in the first half (43:57), but the courtiers Real played more effectively. Zidane’s forces created more opportunities. Real fired seven shots, five of them on target, while Celta Vigo fired two shots, all off target.
Zidane installed a trio of Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema, and Vinicius Jr., which proved effective. Celta Vigo’s goalkeeper, Ruben Blanco was defeated in the 12th minute. It was Benzema who netted the ball through the right foot from inside the penalty box. Returning from the dressing room, the fight tends to be rough. Los Blancos player had to leave the field because he got a red card in 57 minutes.
Despite playing with ten people, Real did not relax the attack. In fact, two additional goals can be created later. Toni Kroos broke Celta’s goal in the 61st minute. 2-0 Los Blancos took the lead. In the 69th minute, Zidane pulled Vinicius Jr. and was replaced by Lucas Vasquez. In the 80th minute, receiving a ball from Benzema, Lucas Vasquez increased Real Madrid’s lead to 3-0. In injury time, Celta minimize lags at 90 + 1 through Iker Losada Aragunde. Score 3-1 belongs to Real Madrid. Real Madrid under Zidane began his ambition with victory.
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