DBasia.news – The last week of the 2019/20 La Liga season was completed by Real Madrid. And now, the club nicknamed Los Merengues are just waiting for the second leg match of the Champions League last 16 which will be held in August. Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane is reluctant to hurry. He pleased his players to take a break for a moment.
Real Madrid ended LaLiga 2019-2020 by becoming champions. Sergio Ramos and friends are five points ahead of Barcelona, who are second.
Now, Madrid need to shift their focus to the Champions League. El Real will compete against Manchester City in the second leg of the last 16, at the Etihad Stadium on August 8th. In the first leg, Madrid were defeated 2-1.
Although the next match is very important, Zidane wants to give Madrid players a chance to rest. According to him, rest is needed to refresh the mind.
“This is the vacation we have at the moment. Now, I am not thinking about Manchester City. We want to be interrupted. We will have time to think. We have 10 to 15 days to think. We will disconnect,” explained Zidane, as reported by Goal.
“Until the last second, we will fight to reach the final. However, now you don’t need to think about the Champions League.”
“It’s time to rest and think to gather strength. Rest is an extraordinary thing. Now, we need relaxation. This is what we do,” said Zidane.
“After four or five days off, we will come back and think about the Champions League. There is no stress or worry.”
Zinedine Zidane is a coach known as a champion in the Champions League. He led Real Madrid to win three successive titles in the most prestigious competition between the European clubs.