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Zidane and Courtois are angry about the game: "This is not football. We are not puppets."
The Blancos coach and goalkeeper criticized the Spanish league's decision: "It is impossible to play in every situation. There were no conditions for football."
Cross is actually concerned about other issues
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Sunday, 10 January 2021, 07:39
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Anger at Real Madrid after the 0-0 draw last night (Saturday) with Osasuna.
Most of the anger at the Blancos was directed at the heads of the Spanish league, who decided on the existence of the game despite the difficult conditions before and during it.
As you may recall, the Blancos took off very late for the game after being delayed for hours at Madrid airport, due to the harsh weather conditions.
Even after arriving in Pamplona safely, stormy weather awaited Real.
The Spanish league debated until the last minute whether to hold the game or postpone it as they did in the game between Atletico Madrid and Bilbao, but in the end it was decided that the conditions in the stadium were good enough to hold the game in order.
Osasuna put a lot of effort into "training" the stadium for the game, but the Real people had serious complaints at the end.
"What happened today is not a football game. This game should have been postponed," Zinedine Zidane complained.
"There was no doubt that it was not appropriate to hold the game. We all want to see real football, and that is not what was here today."
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Modric on the frozen lawn (Photo: AP, Alvaro Barrientos)
Thibaut Courtois continued the attacking line of the Blancos.
"I thank from the bottom of my heart the dedicated employees of Osasuna who did what they could to put the stadium in the best possible condition, but do not understand why the league decided to force us to travel here and play in such conditions," the goalkeeper said.
"League leaders need to understand that we are human. We are not puppets who can play in any situation, and it is the responsibility of the league to take care of our health. We all have families, and now we do not know when we can return to Madrid and how long we will have to stay here."
Tony Cross preferred to focus on Real's many professional issues.
"We are missing something in the front," said the German.
"We controlled the game but we couldn't create enough situations. We came up with very few opportunities. We had to show more quality assembly, and the condition of the lawn is no excuse. Both teams played under the same conditions."
Spanish League 2020/21
Group
Mash
Netz
A.
Hp
Gates
Nk
1
Athletico Madrid
15
12
2
1
6-29
38
2
Real Madrid
18
11
4
3
15-30
37
3
Barcelona
18
10
4
4
17-37
34
4
Villarreal
18
8
8
2
17-26
32
5
Real Sociedad
19
8
6
5
16-29
30
6
Seville
16
9
3
4
13-21
30
7
Granada
17
7
3
7
29-19
24
8
Celta de Vigo
18
6
5
7
28-22
23
9
Athletic Bilbao
18
6
3
9
23-21
21
10
Cadiz
17
5
5
7
21-13
20
11
Betis
17
6
2
9
31-20
20
12
Eber
17
4
7
6
16-14
19
13
Levante
16
4
6
6
23-21
18
14
Alabs
17
4
6
7
20-15
18
15
Valladolid
17
4
6
7
24-16
18
16
Hattafa
16
4
5
7
17-12
17
17
Valencia
17
3
7
7
25-23
16
18
Elche
15
3
7
5
18-13
16
19
Osasuna
17
3
6
8
25-15
15
20
Waska
17
1
9
7
26-14
12
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