Zidane: With Danilo’s injury we had to change the formation

Zinedine Zidane spoke after the victory against Osasuna at Sadar. Los Blancos suffered to win, but finally they could achieve the three points. The French manager highlighted the difficulty of the match, the performance of certain players and other different topics.

Zidane started de press conference talking about the difficult match they had against the bottom team of the table:” The only thing I can say is that we could the victory in a very tough game. The rival played with a lot of intensity and they have given us difficulties. We achieved the tree points and that’s the most important thing”, Zidane said.

Nacho played his 100 game with Madrid and Ramos his 500 and this is what the French manager thinks about them:” Sergio is our captain and he is very important for us. I hope he continues showing this level because he deserves everything, he is an example for us. While Nacho is a young player who play like a veteran. He is has a lot of personality and overtime he plays his performance is good”, Zidane affirmed.

Los Blancos played better when Zidane decided to change the formation to four defenses instead of five:” With Danilo’s injury we had to change of formation, and after that change we had more balance in the team. I’ve seen the team better in the second half because with had more balance with four defenses”, the French manager explained.

James reappeared in the last minutes and his performance was really good, participating and defending:” I saw him really good. The game was a little “crazy” when he entered and he gave the calm we needed in the last minutes. These are good new for Real Madrid because he is a very good player.

Danilo and Tano had to leave the pitch because of different injuries and this is the message that sends the French manager to  Osasuna’s player: “I’m very sorry for the serious injury of Osasuna’s player, not everything in football is good. Danilo had a blow but we will know it better tomorrow”, Zidane said.