Zidane: My job is on the freeway in opposition to PSG

Zinedine Zidane well-liked his destiny will seemingly be decided by February’s Champions League tie in opposition to Paris Saint-Germain after Genuine Madrid were dumped out of the Copa del Rey by Leganes.

Marco Asensio’s gradual goal had earned Madrid a 1-0 lend a hand in last week’s opening leg of the quarter-last, striking Zidane’s facet in fat control of the tie heading again to the Santiago Bernabeu.

Nonetheless despite Zidane recalling Sergio Ramos and Karim Benzema – even though Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale were rested – Leganes sealed a 2-1 victory and progressed on away targets.

Javier Eraso’s 25-yard screamer pulled the company stage on aggregate and, after Benzema’s goal early in the 2nd half of, Eraso’s nook turned into thumped dwelling by a notable Gabriel Pires header.

1 – Leganes are the first crew in Copa del Rey history to knock out Genuine Madrid at Santiago Bernabeu after losing at dwelling in the first leg. Correction. pic.twitter.com/tO51r3r4HK

— OptaJose (@OptaJose) January 24, 2018

Leganes are the first crew in Copa history to knock out Madrid on the Bernabeu after losing at dwelling in the first leg and with the champions 19 points in the again of LaLiga leaders Barcelona, their possibilities of adding any domestic silverware to their Supercopa de Espana gaze to be over.

And Zidane, who has led Madrid to successive Champions League titles, believes a assembly with PSG in the last Sixteen next month could perchance well defend his instant future.

« In spite of the entirety. That is de facto certain, » Zidane stated when asked if his job turned into on the freeway. « I am accountable for this, I am the coach.

« So I own to bag alternatives. I own to purchase on the topic. I will defend regularly struggling with, defend working, strive to gaze for issues to acquire the crew greater. Nothing extra.

« I trace no longer remorse leaving out avid gamers. Some avid gamers most foremost to relaxation. On paper this turned into a aggressive crew, then in the first half of no, we did no longer compete. »

EN LEGANÉS LOS SUEÑOS SE CUMPLEN. #GraciasAfición #RealMadridLeganés #CopaDelRey #VamosLega pic.twitter.com/xVQc4nqF2N

— C.D. Leganés (@CDLeganes) January 24, 2018

Madrid failed to document a single shot heading in the appropriate route in the first half of, even though Ramos and Benzema forced real gradual saves from goalkeeper Nereo Champagne, and Zidane well-liked the performance turned into no longer appropriate ample to defend his facet in the competitors.

« In the pinnacle the final consequence’s logical, because the opponent performed their sport and we did no longer, » Zidane stated. « I am accountable for this, it is a failure for me as we converse.

« A hit 1-0 there and taking on the return sport as we began it as we converse, I am inflamed at that and don’t comprehend it. Nonetheless now we must glimpse how we are in a position to flip this spherical.

« I am very disappointed and could perchance well purchase accountability for all this. Nonetheless I will defend working, tomorrow is one other day, and what we must set aside is defend ourselves up and recall to mind Saturday’s sport [at Valencia]. Nonetheless as we converse is a truly laborious blow.

« I am accountable for this. I defend the crew – and in the pinnacle I turned into defective about many issues. I am inflamed with myself, no longer with my avid gamers. My avid gamers tried, ran, presumably they performed badly, they’ve piece of the blame, nonetheless I am essentially the most accountable.

« The resolution is to defend working. I will purchase on this field and I will defend working as I in truth own regularly done. That you just must perchance query what happens now? We can continue, we must swap this, there are more than a number of games left to set aside it. Lately is a failure for me.

« We must give extra, me first, as all that we now own given to this level shouldn’t be any longer ample, we must give extra, practice extra difficult, lend a hand one one more extra, and we are in a position to strive to set aside that. »

A Champagne moment for @CDLeganes ! #CopaDelRey pic.twitter.com/7zHsddvbOT

— LaLiga (@LaLigaEN) January 24, 2018

Queried about whether or no longer 2017-18 could perchance well inch down because the worst season in Madrid’s history, Zidane added: « I regularly think positively, even after this failure, even tonight when we must apologise to the followers. Now we own a sport on Saturday, and on February 14 we now own a Champions League sport. »