Real Madrid Convinced everyone that LaLiga was the number one goal
LSeason 17/18 left at Zinedine Zidane a bitter memory. Yes, it was also the Champions League season won against Liverpool in Kiev, but resigning from LaLiga almost at Christmas and finishing 17 points behind FC Barcelona was a blow for which the French coach felt very responsible. Hence his determination to win LaLIga.
And today against Villarreal (2:00 p.m. Colombia) he has the first game to close the circle that he began to draw when he returned to the Real Madrid bench on March 12, 2019. “Next season winning the League will be the priority. He cannot say that we are going to win it, I know we will compete until the end.” That was a message that the coach of Real Madrid repeated with everyone who spoke. He told the club, the press, the players when he explained what he wanted from them and who he had. And he repeated it to himself in the preseason in Canada and the United States.
Against Villarreal, Madrid have Zidane the opportunity to regain a title that is linked to the history of the club. But ZZ has already won his first challenge. It was none other than taking Madrid out of the league spiral in which it stopped being the protagonist too soon.
Much of that challenge of always being hooked to the fight for the League title has gone through the strength of the team. Zidane He made it a priority for his team to be regular. Perhaps without the brightness of before, but with a certainty that would allow him to present himself to the final stage in the fight to win the championship. Madrid has been in the top three always less in two days. And one of them was due to the postponement of the Clsico.
If he Madrid LaLiga’s shot is largely due to the change in defensive behavior of the Zidane team. In both leagues he completed as a white coach he conceded 41 and 44 goals. With 180 minutes to go, he has only conceded 21 and no team in LaLiga has scored more than two goals. In 19 games his goal was zero.
That has been the basis on which Zidane He has built a team that will fit in to make good on his promise. No one has to explain to ZZ what the Champions League is for Madrid. He knows it better than anyone because with his shirt he conquered the only one he has as a player. But he has had to explain to many people that LaLiga is what creates a strong team. Which is the tournament that demonstrates the power of a locker room. Which is the competition in which chance does not influence and yes the work day by day. And what it is makes everyone easier. It’s Zidane’s word. And against Villarreal he can make his great goal real.
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