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Zidane, on the Benzema-Vinicius incident: "It is good that things are happening, it means that we are alive"

2020-10-30T13:41:48.830Z


The coach maintains that the conversation between the forward and Mendy about the Brazilian is something that "has always happened in football" and that they have clarified it


The draw in extremis of Real Madrid in Germany left two tests of life: the comeback from 2-0 to 2-2 between minute 87 and 93, and the scratches of the conversation, in French, between Benzema and Mendy at halftime , in which the forward asked the side not to pass the ball to Vinicius.

"He does what he wants.

Brother, don't play with him.

My mother

Play against us ”.

The echoes have lasted since Tuesday, with a rest day on Wednesday, a brief reconciliation talk in training on Thursday and a final version by Zinedine Zidane this Friday: “It's good that things happen from time to time.

It means that we are alive, ”said the coach.

Zidane returned to his time as a footballer to face the incident, a record in which he is usually more comfortable.

“Many things are said in the field and they stay there.

They talked and that's it ”.

He even had afternoons in which he recommended not to give it to a partner with the day especially denied: "And not only me to another ... Others also to me," he recalled.

“This has always happened in football.

And I'm not saying this to make up a problem, because what happened has happened;

but it is something that usually happens.

It is natural to say something to someone during a game.

That has happened and it will happen again ”.

For him, the conversation captured by the official cameras of the Champions League, and detected and broadcast with subtitles later in the

Telefoot

space

, of the French television network TF1, is not extraordinary, nor does it need his intervention.

"They have to fix it between themselves," he said.

Vinicius, who was only a couple of meters from Benzema and Mendy but did not understand French, found it strange to learn later what they had said.

His environment recalls that since the Brazilian arrived in Madrid a little over two years ago, Benzema has always been willing to help him, and he has always expressed his admiration for the forward.

Even during the last national team break, in early October, they spent a lot of time working together in Valdebebas, both outside their national teams.

They also clarify that, indeed, everything is clear, and underline that Benzema has spent a lot of time trying to help Vinicius with his movements on the field.

On Tuesday in Germany, as happens from time to time, the Brazilian did not seem to be dancing the same music as the rest.

For Zidane, the matter dies there.

“He has a present and a future at Real Madrid.

He is a boy who wants to learn and wants to improve, ”he said about Vinicius, and wanted to focus attention on this Saturday's game against SD Huesca at Alfredo di Stéfano (14.00, Movistar LaLiga).

“It would be the last game for me, the one we are going to play tomorrow.

With everything that is happening, anything can happen.

You have to enjoy life, because tomorrow may be the last game, "he said.

Source: elparis

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