Isco, Isco and Isco. Everybody is talking about the former Málaga player and the quality he’s showing every time he has the chance to play with Real Madrid. A lot of supporters still ask Zidane why he didn’t play any minute in El Clásico and they claim for more opportunities for Isco.
Zinedine Zidane was asked about this situation after the game at Riazor. The manager had very kind words to the playmaker: “Isco’s game was amazing. He does things on the pitch that not everybody can do. The supporters acknowledge it and I’m happy for him”, Zidane said because, when Isco was changed, Deportivo supporters gave him an applause.
Apart from Isco, James Rodríguez scored two goals and played a good game: “I’m happy for their performance and their goals. I’m satisfied for everybody. The good thing is that the players with less minutes are focused, physically at a good level and they want to play. Now the difficulty is mine. Are you going to tell a footballer who has played like this that he won’t start in the next game? But we need everybody”.
The coach was very happy for the result at Riazor, where Barcelona were defeated: “We had a lot of chances, but we need to be happy for everybody’s performance. What they’ve done is great, in the pace, how serious they played… I’m very happy for everybody’s performance”.
Although in the very important games, Zidane always put the same line-up on the pitch, for the manager everybody is important: “There are no two teams for me, because everybody plays well. We are together on the same boat and it will be like that until the end”.
In one week time, Real Madrid will face Atlético Madrid in the Champions League and, almost for sure, these players will be on the bench again: “They are putting the things more complicated for me, but on Saturday we have another game. The good thing is that everybody is focused, that’s the most important thing”.
Finally he spoke about the BBC and whether they should be in the line-up or not: “The debate is always going to be opened, but I think everybody is important. We just think game by game, choose the right players… Tell them that they won’t play the next game after this performance is complicated, but they understand. It’s a great squad”, Zidane finished the press conference.
