“We always need our fans’ backing because they give us that boost”, declared the Whites’ boss.


Zinedine Zidane spoke to the media following Real Madrid’s win over Real Sociedad at the Santiago Bernabéu. The coach was clearly pleased with his side’s win: “We started the game poorly. I don’t mean the goal, because these things happen, but in the way we were moving the ball.

We were sluggish and struggled to get into the game. Then we scored at the end of the first half.

In the second period we started strongly, pressing very high. It was winning the ball back which led to the second goal and we can be very pleased because we played against a great side who are high up the table and have quality players”.

“We’re getting better every day. We can and must keep improving. That’s what we try and do every time we play. We’ve got a game on Tuesday and we go into it on great form”.

Hazard
“It’s the progress we expect the player to make, and the same goes for the team. Not just in this game, we’ve been getting better for 5 or 6 matches now and Hazard will keep improving too, I’m convinced, he looks good to me”.

Benzema
“I don’t know if he’s the best in LaLiga, because everyone will have their opinions. He does a brilliant job, I’m thrilled for him because he’s becoming more important to this team all the time and I hope he carries on like this”.

PSG game
“We’re in better shape. We had a tough game in Paris, but that’s in the past and Tuesday isn’t about revenge. What we want to do, is to put on a good display, prepare the game well and we have to rest up after today, it was tough. All we want is to play a good match and as of tomorrow we’ll be getting ready properly for Tuesday’s game”.