MADRID – Zinedine Zidane wished that the Clásico that is played this weekend against Barcelona would not be the last for Sergio Ramos or, much less, for Lionel Messi: “Stay at Barça, it’s good here”, joked the Frenchman, who also stressed that “it’s good for Laliga”.
Beyond Zidane’s smile, the Real Madrid coach is not worried about Messi’s “bad streak” in the classics, where he chains six without scoring.
“We know the player who is Messi. He may be unmarked, but we know the player he is. We will play against Barça and they are all very good. We will try to slow down, because there are many.”
On Ramos himself, the renewal is still without progress as reported by ESPN, Zidane got wet again publicly: “I hope it is not his last Classic and stay here,” said the Madrid coach.
Neither Sergio Ramos nor Dani Carvajal arrive in time for the match against Barça. The case of Eden Hazard is different. The Belgian trained with the rest of the group all week and had options to enter the call-up, but Zidane ruled out the former Chelsea man to avoid the risk of relapses, so Vinicius Jr is running as a starter. .
“We are happy with Vini. Eden can’t be. We have had problems with the injured, but we have a long staff and they are all committed. We are enjoying Vinicius, but we need to leave him alone. We don’t need to talk much, he is very young. he is calm and I am happy, because there is a lot of noise, “Zidane publicly advised the young striker.
Real Madrid arrives in good spirits after the advantage achieved in the first leg of the quarterfinals of the Champions League against Liverpool. The good feelings have increased with respect to the start of the championship and even the whites still have options to win the League by being three points behind Atletico Madrid and two behind Barça.
Finally, on the classic, Zidane insisted that he is preparing it “in the same way as another match” and avoided talking about whether the winner of the same can be the next league champion.
“Atlético has the advantage and until the end we will all have to play. I’ve been saying this for a long time. It’s a very competitive and very good league. Until the end you won’t know who the champion is. There are a lot of points left. “, sentenced the French coach.