Zinedine Zidane analyzed Real Madrid's triumph against Huesca, which charged the team with morale ahead of Tuesday's game in the Champions League against Inter. The white coach was satisfied with the victory. These are your impressions.
The positive of the game: “Have won. It was like a final. We had to add and add three important points. Then the game was not perfect, but there are four goals. There is always talk that we don't score, that we don't play well… And as the situation is a bit strange we need a lot of energy between us because the outside doesn't help ”.
Defense of Huesca: “In the first half we had chances. In the goal, Eden Hazard gets between the lines and it was a good goal, we needed that to get into the game. Positive. The rivals' actions, apart from the goal, I don't think we had difficulties. We know that we can and must improve defensively, and offensively we have had chances ”.
Madrid defense, pay attention: “They wanted to look for our back, put the ball on the outside and center… We controlled their resources more or less well, their strengths. From there we had, not the best game, but after the two games last week, where we put a lot of energy into the game, we have to be happy. We know that we can do better and that is what we are going to try to do ”.
Later he appeared at a telematic press conference.
Are you surprised by Valverde's progression? “We are not surprised. Fede is having regularity in what he does on the field, it is deserved. He is a player with many resources and he is showing it. I am happy for his goals because it is not a facet that he usually has, but in the end it is about a player improving. It is important”.
Hazard: “Happy for your game. The other day he played 20 minutes, now more. We know the quality he has, he has scored a good goal. We need him in the first half because then the game was different after the goal. You can see associations between players. Hazard plays on the left and the preferred position of Vini it's the left, we'll see how we're going to do it ”.
For a player like Hazard it is important after an injury to be so good for his confidence: “We are happy with his game and what we did today.”
Hazard has not celebrated the goal: “Okay, no discomfort, happy. He is happy for his goal and his teammates for him. It's a victory, four goals and you have to be happy ”.
The eleven against Inter is clear: “We changed because we had to change, but without thinking about Tuesday's game, only today. We add and now we have to rest. You have to enjoy the three points today ”.