The reasons why Zidane is touched

Almost two and a half months after the season started, Real Madrid is very delicate and Zidane has remained at the center of all the debates. The coach, who has lost unanimity in the board, the dressing room and the stands, has been generating doubts about his management and the results of the team, which fell with a crash against Shakhtar on Tuesday. There are several reasons that leave him in doubt.

The classification in League and Champions

The balance of this Madrid is seven wins (46.66%), three draws (20%) and five losses (33.33%), some records that have him fourth in the League and looking into the abyss in the Champions League, where could be seen outside the eighth for the first time in its history. The help of Inter de Lukaku allows him depend on yourself on the last day, but that does not make us forget that he has been walking along the edge for longer than recommended.

Powerless in both areas

Few things summarize white weaknesses better than your Goals for and against: 25-21. Zidane cannot find the gunpowder, which is reflected in a poor average of 1.66 goals scored per game, nor has he managed to maintain the armor that led him between June and July to raise the League, now suffering a average of 1.4 goals per game.

The state of footballers

Due to the absence of preseason, a common evil to all squads, due to injuries (Hazard, Ramos, Fede …) or due to the lack of continuity, the vast majority of players are involved in a crisis of confidence and performance. An example is Asensio, to which Zidane has a lot of faith but, despite his 9 starts in the 13 games in which he has been physically fit, he has not contributed any goals or assistance. Another is Vinicius, to which the coach seems to have extinguished the spark, despite which he is the second Madrid top scorer, tied with Ramos and Fede on three goals. In addition, transfers with very important economic bets behind, such as Militao and his 50 million or Jovic and his 60, Nor have they proved their worth under the command of ZZ.

Resource management

In the club, as recently also in the dressing room, they do not often understand Zidane's decisions. Without going further, the substitution in Kiev of Casemiro, that it was warned but it is always understood necessary when there is so much at stake. Or as your exchange policy, also portrayed in Ukraine: while Castro made the second and third substitutions (the first, before the break, had been due to injury) with 1-0 and clearly dominating, the Frenchman waited until 77 'to give entry to Isco, Mariano and Vinicius. In addition, he did not exhaust the quota of five changes, something that was not understood by the scoreboard and by the demands of the calendar. And it has become customary: in Champions it has not exceeded three changes every day and in the League he used all five four times … but three of them with injuries in between.

Greater tension facing the public

Another factor is the blackout in Zidane's mood. It is admitted as logical because a bad streak like the one they are going through would take its toll on everyone, but it is also noted that their smile and their mettle before the media, from where they project their image to the fans, are not those that once made him someone different, capable of representing and defending the institution like no one else …