On Sunday, Zinedine Zidane announced another chapter in Real Madrid’s history books as he became only the third Los Blancos manager to take more than 200 matches or more in all rivalries.
Real Madrid beat Eibar 3-1 in their first serious match at Alfredo di Stefano Stadium on Sunday following the three-month break from La Liga because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Toni Kroos got Real looking ideal so far at an unfilled stadium based on their training ground by scoring in the fourth moment.
Real made the interval easier and Eibar forward Sergi Enrich struck the woodwork before Pedro Bigas pulled a goal back on the hour mark for the meeting side.
Real coach Zinedine Zidane, who had reached the landmark of regulating 200 games each, utilized all five of his replacements as his players kept on tiring.
The success has kept Real behind Barcelona’s La Liga leaders with 59 focuses after 28 games. They are two focuses behind Barca on Saturday after the Catalans defeated Real Mallorca 4-0.
With the revamping of Real’s Santiago Bernabeu stadium, Zidane ‘s men restarted the campaign at Di Stefano’s 6,000-capacity stadium, where they save side plays.
Real are normally invited by a crowd of supporters as their transport arrives at the Bernabeu, however, on Sunday, they faced a considerably more pleasant excursion as they walked 300 meters from their home to the stadium at the training ground.
Germany’s midfielder Kroos comforted his side with a ground-breaking first-time shot that effervesced into the far top corner while Ramos hit the second by thumping an Eden Hazard pass into the net to finish a general counterattack.
Brazilian left Marcelo then broadened the scoreline with a deadly completion to the bottom corner and celebrated by bowing and raising his correct hand, a conspicuous homage to the Black Lives Matter campaign taking place around the world. Atletico Madrid drew 1-1 at Athletic Bilbao somewhere else, losing the chance to capitalize on slip-ups by their rivals in the Champions League.
Previous Spain supervisor Del Bosque is second on Real’s all-time list, taking charge of 246 matches more than three spells from March 1994 to June 2003.
Although Zidane may have expectations in the ranks to reach Del Bosque, he has some way to meet the accomplishments of Munoz, who handled 605 Real games somewhere in the range of 1959 and 1974, helping the club secure nine titles for La Liga and two European Cups.
