The seven lives of Zidane at Real Madrid

Crisis over . And it is not the first that Zidane leaves behind at Real Madrid , with the corresponding part that it has of merit. Almost the same as the titles won , because without having previously overcome many of the delicate moments that he has lived in the white bench, he would not have been able to achieve many of them.Tell that Rafa Benitez and to Julen Lopetegui , who did not pass the first crisis and that was his story to the front of the set target. The first lasted for five months and the second for three . On the contrary, the French has survived a good handful of them, some more compromised than others. They are the seven lives of Zidane at Real Madrid . Season 15-16: Three setbacks in the League shortly after taking the teamZidane takes the reins of Madrid in a promotion of Castilla to the first team that does not convince many , including people from the club itself. It is looked at with a magnifying glass and the beginning is not easy . The ‘ Zidane effect ‘ is somewhat affected in just eight league games with two draws (Betis and Málaga) and a painful defeat against Atlético . But the team reacts, ends with 12 wins in a row , one of them against Barça at the Camp Nou , and fights the title until the end .Season 15-16: The quarterfinal tie against WolfsburgIt is the great turning point in Zidane’s career at Real Madrid. Zizou was only subject to a title in office . In the Cup he already caught the eliminated team, the League had it very difficult and everything went through the Champions League . An early knockout would have sentenced Zizou , and he was about to pass. After beating Roma in the round of 16, Wolsfsburg put Madrid and Zidane on the ropes 2-0. But the team came back at the Bernabéu and the rest is history with the achievement of the Undécima in Milan .Season 17-18: Drama in the League, ‘pepinazo’ in the Cup … and PSG in sightFor Zidane, the team fell in the league at the first change and the domestic competition was a suffering and a wear and tear week after week (it would end the coach’s departure). In the middle of the league crisis, the painful elimination in the Cup against Leganés came to complicate everything a little more. In January, Madrid had said goodbye to two titles and awaited the almighty PSG of Neymar and Mbappé in the second round of the Champions League . Zidane ‘survived’ by lifting the team in Europe to overcome PSG, Juve, Bayern and Liverpool in the final. Season 19-20: 7-3 against Atlético and 3-0 against PSGThe season after Zidane’s return, things had not gone well since the preseason . A bad summer, with a blushing win by Atlético (7-3) among the many worrying results that occurred, increased doubts about the coach . Then there would be two draws in the first three days of the League and a Champions League debut, conceding a 3-0 against PSG . A new crisis that Zidane overcame with a valuable win at Pizjuán 0-1 and a draw at Wanda (0-0) .Season 19-20: Limit situation in the Champions League and defeat in MallorcaWithout almost leaving the first crisis, Zidane gets fully into the second . Madrid complicates the Champions League after a tight draw at home against Bruges and shortly after falls with a crash in Mallorca in the League. The figure of Zidane is once again in question , but the team wins the two ‘finals’ against Galatasaray to straighten out the Champions League, chain a good run of results in the League and put the icing on his recovery by winning the Spanish Super Cup.Season 19-20: Losses against Levante, City, Betis …Madrid entered a crisis of results at the beginning of the year. He falls in the Cup with Real, City leaves him with a foot and a half out of the Champions League winning at the Bernabéu and two league defeats against Levante and Betis culminate the sensation of free fall. First the stoppage due to the pandemic and then the triumphant return of the team in the League to come back and win it, they subject Zidane despite a new premature elimination in the Champions League.Season 20-21: Losses against Cádiz and ShakhtarZidane’s last survival exercise at the helm of Real Madrid is days ago. Two defeats against Cádiz and Shakhtar , coupled with the bad feelings transmitted by the team, made the coach stagger. However, Zizou returned to resurface in a big way giving a blow of authority at the Camp Nou and setting the course both in the Champions League and in the League.