Exonerated Benitez on the bench of the merengue comes the former football player
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Six months exactly to go home, cradling a dream and, above all, to alienate everyone: players, media and fans. And ‘how long did the parable of Rafa Benitez, relieved today by the Real Madrid where he had arrived – and certainly not with great fanfare, given the clearly established disaffection typhoid merengue who never stopped loving Carletto Ancelotti, the coach of the’ Tenth ‘- on 3 June, when it was officially announced his arrival at the Bernabeu. Presidentissimo Florentino Perez has endured as long as he could, even at the risk of antagonizing some big locker room (“Either me or him,” the words of C.Ronaldo reported by Spanish media), but eventually had to give Rafa Benitez leaves and in its place comes Zinedine Zidane, coach of Castilla, the B team of Madrid, one in Madrid in five years has won a lot, knows all and has left its mark. “Zidane knows what it means to be here. He knows the passion and the work that requires the coach of Real. He knows the club, all the players and has always been able to successfully face the biggest challenges. Zidane is a legend for our fans and this It is a great day for the madridismo “, the president’s words.
The former Napoli coach was the same fatal last night at the Mestalla against ‘his’ Valencia, but the exemption from further away, perhaps from’ humiliating 4-0 loss in the ‘Clasico’ at the Bernabeu on 21 November and mismanagement of the locker room that he never forgot ‘Carletto’. In short, despite the heavy sponsorship presidential, the feeling between Benitez and ‘blancos’ has never been much, in fact to be honest it never took off and then if we add the results very exciting (after equal the Mestalla is the Real -4 from ‘Atletico but could get to -5 if Barca win the recovery with Gijon), a little game’ Real ‘and’ tummy ache ‘of the most representative players, the disappearance probably sounds traumatic, but certainly not surprising.
In its place comes a former great, Zinedine Zidane, who as a player has brought prestige and titles to the club but now must show that they have the same DNA even on the bench, meanwhile, has l ‘ authority required, the daughter of a formidable career, to earn the respect of the locker room and the Bernabeu, although he has no real experience on the bench, as the Castilla is nothing but a kind of youth team. “We put all our heart to make everything go well,” the first words of the French arrived to surprise along with Florentino Perez at the press conference. “I want to thank the club, the president for the opportunity he gave me to coach this team,” added the first excited to evoke pride madridista.
For Rafa Benitez only a few words of farewell (“E ‘wonderful person and a great professional, we are pleased with his commitment,” the laconic greeting Perez) and zero regrets. And surely – the paradox of history – the former Napoli remember with more effect the banner displayed at the Mestalla last night (“you have given the best years of our lives, thanks Rafa!”), Which has never been forgotten, though this time Valencia will remember as the end of a dream.
Zizou ten years later
Zinedine Zidane returns from protagonist on pitch , coach of the team most titles in the world, Real Madrid. Ten years after the head Materazzi in the World Cup final with Italy which marked the end of his impressive career as a player. At age 44, after a long apprenticeship as a manager and as a coach of the smaller teams in large merengue club that welcomed him in 2001 after the triumphs with Juventus, it came the long-awaited moment for the one who has always seemed like a predestined. Talent, physique and intelligence have made him one of the greatest champions of all time. Now it will prove to be up to expectations even on the bench, and especially to be able to withstand the pressures of a role that has crushed giants experience vastly superior to his (Mourinho docet).
His name is always been the first in the list of Florentino Perez, perhaps the only, in the event of dismissal of Rafa Benitez, he has the total confidence of the club, but only the results on the field will be able to protect him. As a player,
has never been questioned. The board of French is packed with individual trophies, he won the Golden Ball at the 2008 FIFA World Player of three titles, cups and prestigious, the ’98 World Cup and 2000 European Championship with France, the two Intercontinental with Juventus and Real, the various Cups and Super Cups national or European. A stellar career, his illuminated by extraordinary play, that made the difference – as the two headed goals in the final against Brazil to France 98, or the anthology to give the Champions League final to Real Madrid -, and managed care behavior as a mature man, reserved and smiling.
Sometimes, however, some out of control behavior. World Cup French walked with the cleats of a defender Arabia and underwent two days of stop and a forest of criticism, but then came back and won the final. Two years later, in a Hamburg-Juventus Champions, buckled ‘, perhaps caused, a head of an opponent: 5 days and Juve paid dearly for the behavior of his number 10. Finally, the most striking event and now legendary: the headbutts Materazzi in the World Cup final in Berlin that he himself had chosen as farewell game. Episodes rare and distant but significant. A part of that
anger and the ability to react appropriately redirected, now will be essential for the new assignment.
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