Real Madrid: Zidane’s seven lives at Real Madrid

Zinedine Zidane has overcome its recent crisis at Real Madridand it’s not the first time he’s faced this kind of pressure. For all the trophies the Frenchman brought to the club, he threatened his position several times during his two spells as a coach.

Just ask Rafa Benitez and Julen Lopetegui, who failed to overcome their first crisis at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu and were released after five and three months respectively. In contrast, Zidane survived several. These are his seven lives at Real Madrid.

Zidane took over the reins Real Madrid After his promotion to Castilla coach on a train that doesn’t convince many, including the people in the club. It was examined with a magnifying glass and the start was not easy.

The ,Zidane Effect ‘had been dealt a blow by two draws against Real Betis and Malaga and a painful loss to Atletico Madrid. However, the team responded and ended the campaign with 12 straight wins, one of which beat Barcelona at Camp Nou as they battled to the end for the title.

This was the big turning point in ZidaneCareers at Real Madrid. The Frenchman had only won one trophy as a coach. At that point Los Blancos had already been eliminated from the Copa del Rey and was unlikely to win LaLiga Santander, so success in Europe mattered.

An early exit to the Champions League would certainly have resulted in Zidane being fired. After beating Roma in the last 16, Wolfsburg continued Real Madrid and Zidane on the ropes with a 2-0 win. But a Cristiano Ronaldo-inspired comeback at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu led to Real Madrid They won their eleventh European Cup in Milan.

ZidaneThe LaLiga Santander team had lost its pace and no longer seemed to be as hungry as they once were. This was one of the reasons the Frenchman left at the end of this season. In the Copa del Rey, Leganes caused a stir by switching off The whites.

And then, with a tie against Kylian Mbappe and Neymars Paris Saint-Germain in the last 16 of the Champions League, Real Madrid recovered and moved forward before beating Juventus, Bayern Munich and Liverpool to win their 13th Champions League trophy.

The following season ZidaneThe return hadn’t gone well, starting with the preseason. The bottom of a bad summer came after a 7-3 loss to Atletico Madrid in the US, but disappointing results in general once again cast doubt on the coach.

Then there were two draws in the first three matchdays in LaLiga Santander and a 3-0 defeat against Paris Saint-Germain. Zidane was able to get out of this crisis after winning 1-0 in Seville and drawing 0-0 at Estadio Wanda Metropolitano.

After the first crisis of that season, another one soon followed. Real Madrid had lost to PSG on Matchday 1 in the Champions League and then had to fight back to go to Club Brugge at home, which meant making the transition to the final 16 more complicated. A few days later, they lost to Real Mallorca in LaLiga Santander.

Zidane seemed on the verge, however The whites He reacted again and won two “finals” against Galatasaray in Europe to get the Champions League campaign back on track and at the same time to remain unbeaten in LaLiga Santander. The cherry at the height of his recovery came when they won the Supercopa de Espana in Saudi Arabia.

Real Madrid Entered a crisis in early 2020. They lost to Real Sociedad in the Copa del Rey. Manchester City had surpassed them and won the Champions League at the Bernabeu; and there have been two league losses to Levante and Real Betis.

But then the COVID-19 pandemic brought the break for football. That was allowed ZidaneThe players will have to regroup and raise LaLiga Santander, which strengthened the Frenchman’s position despite their disappointment with the second leg against City in England.

The recent crisis that Zidane has had to deal with it in the past few weeks. Two defeats to a newly promoted Cadiz and an understaffed Shakhtar Donetsk, as well as poor performances in general, led some to believe the French would receive his marching orders in the near future.

However, Zidane did what he knows best: he survived. Real Madrid went to Camp Nou and won while also getting back on track in the Champions League and LaLiga Santander.