MADRID — Zinedine Zidane He denied that Real Madrid receive arbitration aid after what happened in the first two days of the league and after the insinuations of Gerard Piqué who, after the puncture of Barcelona in Seville, declared that “seen what has happened in the last days, he will it will be difficult for Madrid to lose points ”. The white coach was blunt in answering whether the referees favor his team: “No. I am very direct. I don `t believe. Nothing else”.
Real Madrid prepares the match against Real Sociedad wrapped in controversy after Piqué’s words. According to sources from the club have confirmed to ESPN, Real Madrid does not want to respond to the insinuations of the Catalan defense, and Zidane confirmed this.
“That they say one thing or another … I have my opinion but I am not going to tell you anything about Piqué because it can happen the other way around. I only think about the game because it is what encourages us, nothing more. ”
Asked if he, as a coach, recommends his players not to make statements like Piqué’s, the Frenchman was clear.
“Nerd. Players are smart. Sometimes they can be wrong, but I will never tell a player what he has to say. There are many people in the club and we are not going to say nonsense. I just want to think about soccer: resting and playing the game. But I never tell a player if he has to say this or that. “
Zidane, already focused on the sporting aspect, highlighted the presence in the Real Sociedad of Martin Odegaard, who is on loan for two seasons in the txuriurdin team, although he did not want to reveal the plans that Real Madrid has prepared for the Norwegian.
“He is our player and he is someone from the present and from the future. It’s very young. I am not going to tell you what we will do with it. We have to respect because this year he plays for another club and in the future we will see what we are going to do with him. Real Sociedad is taking advantage of this year and we will see what we will do with Martin, ”said the Madrid coach.
After Barcelona’s draw in Seville, Real Madrid depends on itself to regain the lead. The distance is three points and, in the event of a victory in San Sebastián, the Whites would once again be leaders. However, Zinedine Zidane warned that his team must remain the same.
“Nothing will change. It is the third party. We have talked about 11 finals and tomorrow is another game. We want to go out to the fullest, give everything and without thinking about anything else. It is the first game that we are going to play outside, against a very good rival. We want to do well and we are aware of the difficulty of the game. “
The French coach made it clear that he wants to go “step by step” with Marco Asensio after the game against Valencia and revealed a physical problem for Reinier that “hurt his leg before yesterday”, but with whom they are very happy to be “A player of the future”. The Brazilian still has to pass tests to have a diagnosis of his injury.
Continuing with proper names, Zidane was not so comfortable talking about Gareth Bale. The Welshman is still not a starter and the distance with his coach is more. The Gallic, curt, only replied that “yes, I trust Gareth as everyone.”
To finish, Zidane stressed that his team, whoever plays, cannot lower their guard against Real if they want to return to the top of the standings.
“It is a team that can put you in at any time. And especially against Real Madrid. At any moment they get you into trouble. We have to continue in this line. We are fine, but we must insist that tomorrow is another final, “concluded the Real Madrid coach.
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