Football can be a mystery! Real didn’t deserve to lose —Zidane

Real Madrid boss, Zinedine Zidane claims “football can be a mystery” as his side “didn’t deserve” to lose 1-0 to Espanyol in a La Liga encounter on Tuesday night.

Espanyol had failed to win in their last 22 games against Real, drawing only three of those, a run going back to October 2007.

Although key players like Cristiano Ronaldo, Luka Modric and Toni Kroos were rested for the game, the reigning champions were stunned by a Gerard Moreno’s injury-time volley.

Real face further fall behind Liga leaders Barcelona, and Zidane just could not believe his team lost.

“What we lacked? A bit of everything,” the Coach said after the game.

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“We started the first half very well and had chances, but we failed to take them. We didn’t play our game or with substance in the second half.

“Football can be a mystery. You have to accept the bad moments. After five good results and good football, we couldn’t carry that on.

“We didn’t deserve this defeat, it hurts. Espanyol had very few chances, but it’s still a bad result.

“When you draw 0-0, these are things that happen. We always look for the win and ultimately we were unable to.

“It’s worse because we conceded a goal in the final minute. It’s difficult after the effort we’ve put in.”

Real remain 14 points behind Barcelona, who visit Las Palmas on Thursday in their game in hand.

 

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