On Monday, Real Madrid dismissed Rafa Benitez after seven months in charge and replaced him with Zinedine Zidane , who had been in charge of the club's Castilla reserve side. Marca, meanwhile, suggested Zidane might be the solution, but its cover also provided a reminder that Perez had said only last month: "Benitez is the solution, not the problem. AS also provided a reminder in its headline that Zidane has become the 11th coach to work under Perez during his 12 years as president.
In his morning session with his sporting director, his own image in the mirror as he shaved, he decided now was the time to get rid of the irritant Benitez is already a memory, but Florentino remains a present reality. A continuous reality. Marca : The ZZolution. The distance between the majority of the squad and the coach was huge, so the firing of the Madrileno coach was not at all sad news for many.
El Mundo : Zidane, the president's fetish. The choice of the Frenchman is, in reality, the choice of an icon, not of a conventional coach. This is one of the first Galacticos of the 'Florentino era' and a player always appreciated by his president, his chosen one, a type of fetish. In a way, Florentino is cloning his 'franchise player' to use him in a job the president has always disliked.
Now instead of having to understand a coach, he will just talk with 'Zizou. Zidane's appointment as new Real Madrid coach has been picked up by many global sports publications today. L'Equipe : Royal.
Johan Cruyff was their best spokesperson. Others were rather counterexamples It's always the case. It's even the essence of this job He's still Zidane. He's still the former player. That won't last: in a few hours, he will have changed skin [and] will be judged on his results, on his choices. It is an immense challenge and a risky gamble for the best French player in history [but] Zidane is starting off in conquered territory, with his exceptional aura and an immaculate image.
