Zinedine Zidane was happy after the back to back victory of Real Madrid against Legia Warsaw. The team thrashed the Polish champions after beating Betis in Seville. Los Blancos are now top of the group along with Borussia Dortmund.
The French coach chose an offensive starting eleven, taking several risks in defence: “It was the option and we had several chances. Of course, defensively we’ve risked more, but it was the choice and we were riskier. However, I don’t think we received so many chances”, Zidane analyze.
Zidane chose a midfield with Asensio, James and Kroos, but this doesn’t mean that Isco will start on Sunday against Athletic: “Today Asensio played and he did well, also James. We’ll see on Sunday”.
There are still some things to improve, according to the French manager: “We can always improve and perhaps we risk a bit, but we had many chances. The important thing today was winning. People always want us to score five, six or seven goal, but we have to work and we did it. The balance hasn’t been good sometimes”.
Zizou also analyzed Cristiano’s performance. The Portuguese couldn’t score any goal and he was quite slow while playing: “Sometimes we expect a lot from him in these games. We all want him to score, even more himself. It matters to me that he has given assists and he scored the last weekend. Give assist is also part of his way of playing, but it’s true that we are always going to demand more because he’s Cristiano”.
Finally, Zidane spoke about the game of Morata and Lucas Vázquez. Both started on the bench but took advantage of their minutes to participate in the last two goals: “Of course they deserve to start, we are going to have many games and everybody is going to have opportunities. But I’m happy with the three attackers. What people want about Cristiano is to score many goals, but the important thing is that he had many chances. He’ll score other day. I’m happy with everybody’s job”.
