It is true that you do not win always in football and also in life but never try to justify your loss with that quote when you apparently called failure upon yourself.
Yes, Zidane is not a perfect coach, is there any coach that is? Each coach passes through series of coaching lessons in other to manage a team and if you must manage one of Real Madrid’s calibers, you must have been worth the pay.
We have adored and respected Zidane for quite a long time, even when he was a player and now as a coach, he has always had a special place in the heart of the Madrid faithful. As coach of Real Madrid, Zidane has proven his mettle time and time again, but last night, he clearly exposed one of his flaws and this is not good considering Manchester City is just around the corner.
It is not enough that Zidane’s Real Madrid are known to rely on crosses much when a team is compact in defense and that leaves them very predictable, the French Coach last night lost two vital points with the worst of substitutions expected from a coach of his caliber, I mean, I wouldn’t have made that changes if I were coach of Real Madrid last night, NEVER!
Real Madrid went a goal down in the early minutes of the game in the Santiago Bernabeu and the score line remained same until half time. The whites came into the second half and turned things around. In the space of 15 minutes, they equalized and went ahead only to see Zidane remove Hazard for Vinicius, which was a good change considering it was the Belgian’s first match after returning from injury and Vinicius was a worthy replacement. Next substitution was the most absurd I have ever seen with Mendy, a left back, replacing Gareth Bale, a winger and Marcelo who is in my opinion, the major reason Real Madrid are out of the Copa Del Rey today tasked with going up the left wing and Vinicius moving over to the left. Just these changes brought an end to Real Madrid’s superiority in the game and it was no surprise Celta Vigo equalized.
Do you understand whatever I wrote up there? In summary, Marcelo was supposed to leave that game with Mendy’s introduction and Vinicius was never supposed to have been shifted to the right wing. The both Brazilians produced very little effect on the attack after that tweak in formation and the team was very much disjointed afterwards.
I do not know if Zidane actually planned to catch Manchester City unaware with unusual tactics but this was a typical example of going overboard and it cost the team crucial two points. Now, the La Liga title race just got hotter and Zidane will have to answer to some big queries if eventually Real Madrid lose the title come end of season.