MADRID (Reuters) – Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric believes Saturday’s 5-0 drubbing of Deportivo La Coruna in La Liga in Zinedine Zidane’s debut as coach shows the former Real and France great is the right man for the job. Modric, a Croatia international, said he was sorry for Rafa Benitez, sacked and replaced by Zidane […]
MADRID (Reuters) – Zinedine Zidane’s triumphant start as Real Madrid coach set the Bernabeu buzzing on Saturday and the 10-times European champions are hoping the ‘Zizou effect’ can return the world’s richest club to winning ways. The former Real and France midfielder, appointed after the unpopular Rafa Benitez was sacked on Monday, watched his new […]
MADRID (Reuters) – New Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane’s attacking football may be welcomed by the players but he will need to deliver results he was unable to achieve when in charge of the club’s reserve team. James Rodriguez and Isco are set to be two of the main beneficiaries from the arrival of Zidane […]
MADRID (Reuters) – Real Madrid president Florentino Perez appears to have unwittingly taken a leaf out of the book of his club’s arch-rivals Barcelona by appointing Zinedine Zidane as coach. Barcelona enjoyed huge success, firstly under Pep Guardiola and now Luis Enrique, two former players who had relatively little coaching experience when they were appointed. […]
By Iain Rogers (Reuters) – Zinedine Zidane’s appointment as Real Madrid coach in place of Rafa Benitez has handed the club’s former France great his chance to follow up a stellar career on the pitch with management success at the highest level. Benitez, experienced but unpopular, was abruptly dismissed on Monday less than halfway through […]
Real Madrid are set to sack manager Rafa Benitez, according to the reports in Spain. Rafa was appointed as Head Coach just seven months ago as a successor to Carlo Ancelotti, who failed to win any major trophy in 2014-15 season. It is believed that the former Real Madrid Midfielder Zinedine Zidane will take charge […]
Real Madrid dropped points again as they managed to play out a 2-2 draw against Valencia at the Mestalla. Here are the major talking points from the match.
MADRID (Reuters) – Under-fire Rafa Benitez said Real Madrid needed to be more consistent and also accused his players of easing off in games ahead of Sunday’s La Liga clash with his former club Valencia. The Spaniard is the most successful coach in Valencia’s history. He led them to La Liga titles in 2002 and […]
By Tim Hanlon REUTERS – Underfire Real Madrid coach Rafa Benitez will look to an in form Cristiano Ronaldo to drive the team forward against Valencia on Sunday as they aim to put behind them a disappointing 2015. It was a year that promised so much after they put together a run of 22 wins […]
