Zinedine Zidane says he is not Quitting
Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane has come out to speak following the continues poor performance from his side, they lose yesterday again making it their fourth straight loss. Zinedine Zidane said he is “not going to resign” after defeat by Shakhtar Donetsk left his side’s hopes of reaching the Champions League last 16 in the balance.
The 13-time European champions are third in Group B, with all four sides still able to qualify in next week’s final round of matches. They are in the third place position with seven points just two points above Inter Milan who won the group leaders Borussia Monchengladbach.
Real Madrid must beat leaders Borussia Monchengladbach to guarantee progress. The manager said: “I am not going to resign, not at all.” Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk beat them both home and away, they won 5-2 on aggregate. Zinedine Zidane said: “We are always going to have difficult moments, and we are on a bad run, but we need to keep going.”
He also said: “I have the strength needed to turn the situation around and I am going to give everything to do that. So are the players.” “We played well and we deserved more. We just need to lift our heads up and think about the next game.”It was Real’s second defeat by Shakhtar in this season’s competition, the Ukrainian side winning the reverse fixture 3-2 in Madrid. Romelu Lukaku scored twice as Inter Milan beat Monchengladbach 3-2 later thesame day to keep their own hopes of qualification alive.