Zidane hungry for more ahead of Real century


On the eve of his 100th match at the head of Real Madrid, Zinedine Zidane insisted that he maintains the same desire for success by winning seven trophies in his short coaching career.

Zidane's Madrid became the first team to retain the Champions League in May, while finishing a five-year wait to win the league last season, plus two European Super Cups, a Club World Cup and a Super Cup of Spain. "I still have the desire I had for the first game, this is the most important thing," Zidane said before Saturday's trip to Getafe. "That desire is our driving force, the desire we put into every workout, every game."

Zidane had no administrative experience in the last level, as he only trained the Real Castilla youth team before taking over in January 2016. However, the confidence of the real president, Florentino Pérez, in his ability to transform his supreme talent from player to coach has been widely rewarded.

"Zidane is pure talent, but he also shows a lot of work and sacrifice in his persistent search for perfection," writes Perez in an open letter to Zidane in the sports daily Marca. "He is insatiable in his thirst for victories, titles and always shows respect and humility." However, Madrid had a more difficult start in the third season of Zidane, which is seven points behind the leader of La Liga after just seven matches.

Saturday is a perfect opportunity to gain ground in at least one of his rivals while Barça moves to face Madrid's Atlético, fourth, who points to Real Madrid. "I want to win our match and then we'll see what happens between Atlético and Barcelona," added Zidane. "I do not want any particular result, just to get the field back."

Zidane will be without Dani Carvajal due to illness and injured Keylor Navas and Gareth Bale for the short trip to Getafe through the Spanish capital. Bale looks set to miss a game against former Tottenham Hotspur club in the Champions League on Tuesday.

But Zidane said he could not fix a return date for Bale from the last of a series of calf injuries that prevented him from playing for his country as an attempt Wales to qualify for a first Cup of the world since 1958 was not enough this week "I can not say when (it will come back), but it's getting better every day," added Zidane. "He is the first to worry, he does not want to be outside the team, but these things happen and we have to accept him."

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