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“I have no explanation” – Zidane’s frustration grows

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Just three days after the intoxicating win at Inter Milan, Real Madrid lost at home to relegation candidate Deportivo Alaves. It is the third league bankruptcy in the still young season. There are many reasons.

Dhe sports analysis is increasingly difficult for the boss. The 1: 2 (0: 1) against Deportivo Alaves was Real Madrid’s third league bankruptcy, which is why Zinédine Zidane is now quite perplexed.

“I have no explanation,” the coach admitted openly. “The way we started the game, it was the worst early part of our season so far. It’s complicated because we can’t change the dynamics in the game. That bothers me and, I think, the team too. “

Which the coach is probably right about. Because Madrid’s flagship selection is lagging behind its own claims in the Primera División. As fourth in the table, the gap to leaders Real Sociedad San Sebastian is already six points, and the championship is a long way off after a quarter of the current season.

“It’s tough”

The fluctuations in performance are particularly troubling for Zidane and his family. Three days after the impressive 2-0 in the Champions League at Inter Milan, next to nothing succeeded against relegation candidate Alaves. “It’s difficult,” said the coach. “We played well in Milan and playing a game like that at home three days later is complicated. But that’s the reality. We’ll go ahead, get all the players back to our game and change the dynamics. It is true that we have no continuity in our games and results. “

That was clearly visible against Alaves. Lucas Perez (4th) with a penalty kick and the former Bundesliga player Joselu (49th) sealed the third defeat of the season with their goals. Striker Joselu benefited from a nasty mistake by Real goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, who basically booked the assist for the goal with a dramatic bad pass. Casimiro’s connection (86th) came too late for the hosts to tackle the turnaround and take at least one point.

Unfortunate figure: Thibaut Courtois

What: AP

Zidane denied that his team could have a motivation problem. “It wasn’t because of the attitude and also not because of the footballing nature,” said the Frenchman. “We didn’t manage to turn the game around. We alternate between good and bad moments like today. Today it was mainly the beginning phase. If you concede a goal after three minutes, there is still time for the turnaround. But that made things very difficult. We were a bit better towards the end of the first half, but in the second half we didn’t do enough to tackle the turnaround. We have to tick that off now. “

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It is questionable whether this will succeed quickly. The duel in the Champions League against Donetsk is already on Tuesday (6:55 p.m., in the sports ticker of WELT). And the royal situation is still critical. Right-back Daniel Carvajal will be out for several weeks with a muscle injury in the adductor area, Luka Jovic, who was brought in from Eintracht Frankfurt for 60 million euros in 2019, is on pause due to a corona disease, storm colleague Karim Benzema is suffering from adductor problems, and also captain Sergio Ramos is out after his thigh injury the Germany game not quite fit again.

“The problem we currently have is the continuity, the regularity of our services and results,” said Zidane. “We also had a lot of problems with injuries. We’re not going to make excuses, but that’s the reality. We’re thinking about the next game. “

What he will say to his professionals in the analysis will remain internal. “I am the person responsible and I have to find the solution with them.”

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