Since Zinedine Zidane he left his bench in the Summer of 2018, Real Madrid, with Julen Lopetegui and Santiago Solari, conveyed the feeling of being a team very little worked in the ‘green’ and physically sunk. The French coach returned and nothing changed until the end of the season with a view to the new project.
Zizou lost confidence in Pintus and asked Gregory Dupont as leader of the physical preparation of the team. The ‘scientist’, as he is known for his working methods, left the France national team with which he was world champion and signed for the white club. His arrival could not start worse. (The 3 keys that Zidane has given to beat the Real in the Cup)
The players fell ‘like flies’ with multiple injuries from the same preseason and all the criticisms pointed to Dupont. The doubts were there. It can't be denied. However, he was not responsible only, but also everything done to date. The Madrid It was a dull team without many troops, but everything went around and notoriously changing for the better.
Since the end of October, Zidane and own Dupont They have seen the light at the end of the tunnel and the players are others. The good results have arrived (21 games without knowing the defeat with 15 wins and six draws) and the “fat” and important injuries have been greatly reduced – the latter have not been serious. Eden Hazard You are ready to go back and it would only be missing Marco Asensio, but Zizou he already has what he wanted and was to see the best Madrid in this stretch of the season.