Zinédine Zidane has announced that he is stepping aside as coach of Real Madrid a matter of days after steering the club to an unprecedented third successive UEFA Champions League triumph."I think it's the moment, both for me, the team and the club [to stand down]," the 45-year-old told an impromptu press conference at Madrid's training ground. "It's a strange moment to do so, I know, but an important one too. I had to do this for everyone." Zidane's place among the greatsHired in January 2016 after a spell in charge of the Real Madrid B team, Zidane became the
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Zidane: The players believe in my message
Zinedine Zidane was named The Best FIFA Men’s Coach on 23 October In 2017 he won the Club World Cup, the Champions League and La Liga "We had to consolidate our success, and that’s never easy" he told FIFA.com When he retired as a player, Zinedine Zidane’s trophy cabinet was already full to bursting. Now, he has picked up where he left off as a coach, claiming title after title with Real Madrid. On 23 October, he added yet another award to his personal collection when he was named The Best FIFA Men’s Coach ahead of the formidable Ital... FIFA.com - News
‘Spectacular’ Madrid have Zidane dancing
Zinédine Zidane, Real Madrid coachI feel extremely happy. It's been a spectacular year. You couldn't dream of anything better. We won the league on the very last day, and it's very difficult to reach the Champions League final two years running – we've done it. We played a great team; the first half was difficult but in the second half we were clearly superior. We pressed a lot more and physically we won the game there too. So I'm very happy.The first half was more even; Juventus came out very strongly and had lots of the ball. In the second half, we were superior. At half-time
Zidane: ‘No words can do Cristiano Ronaldo justice’
How would you analyse your time in charge of Real Madrid since taking over in early 2016?I'm happy to have been given this opportunity. It's not an easy job, but it's a passion for me. Football is one of my real passions. I've worked hard. I spent three or four years getting myself ready to become a coach. Now I have the opportunity to coach this wonderful club, so I really get to live my passion from day to day. We may well have fantastic staff, but what we've achieved is also down to the fact we have wonderful players.They bought
Zidane hails Ramos for making the difference
Zinédine Zidane, Real Madrid coachYou have to congratulate Sevilla on their great performance. Sometimes to play a great game it takes two sides and today we saw just that. In the end we won, but Sevilla were very good.Sergio Ramos is our captain, an important player and he's always there to earn us the trophy. There were no special instructions for him. With a player like Sergio, he's always been the difference. We've seen it before. He's grown as a player, too. In this final he was there just where he needed to be.We have a good squad. We have players who also weren't here today; four or five players in fact. It's a good squad. We've got young and
Zidane eyes player-coach Super Cup double
Carlo AncelottiPlayer: Milan (1990)Coach: Milan (2003, 2007), Real Madrid (2014)Beat Sampdoria as a player, before one victory against Porto and two against Sevilla as a coach.Diego SimeonePlayer: Lazio (1999)Coach: Atlético Madrid (2012)Both wins came against English clubs, Manchester United dispatched by Lazio and Chelsea vanquished by a Radamel Falcao-inspired Atlético.Josep GuardiolaPlayer: Barcelona (1992)Coach: Barcelona (2009, 2011), Bayern München (... UEFA.com - News
Will Zidane be latest winner as a player and coach?
Miguel MuñozAs a player: Real Madrid in 1956 and 1957As a coach: Real Madrid in 1960 and 1966Captain of the Madrid sides that won the first two editions of the European Champion Clubs' Cup, Muñoz was coach by the time the Merengues made it five in a row and was still in charge when they added a sixth six years later.Giovanni TrapattoniAs a player: AC Milan in 1963 and 1969As a coach: Juventus in 1985The venerable Ita...