The Copa Del Rey Is Still Zidane's Krypton Stone

Zinedine Zidane (Twitter @marca)

JAKARTA - Zinedine Zidane's actions as a coach who never lost in the Champions League knockout rounds are very impressive. However, this is not the case with his participation in the Copa del Rey. Yes, Real Madrid lost 3-4 to Real Sociedad in the quarter-finals which took place on Thursday, 7 February evening.

In three appearances as coach of Real Madrid, Zidane has not won this tournament even once. And the defeat at the Santiago Bernabeu last night was just the latest disappointment. Previously, Los Blancos Celta were beaten by Vigo and Leganes.

In his first year as Madrid coach, Zidane practically did not participate in the Copa del Rey because the club had already lost to Cadiz when he was still being coached by Rafael Benitez. Zidane just joined Los Blancos on January 4, 2016.

The first time he entered the Copa del Rey as a full-time coach the following year, Madrid lost 3-4 on aggregate to Celta Vigo. One year later, it was Leganes' turn to kick Los Merengues from this tournament.

🏁 FP: @realmadrid 3-4 @RealSociedad ⚽ @ MarceloM12 59 ', @RodrygoGoes 81', @ nachofi1990 90 '+ 3'; Odegaard 22 ', Isak 54', 56 ', Merino 69' # Emirates | #RMCopa pic.twitter.com/0N5bafYYrC

- Real Madrid CF⚽ (@realmadrid) February 6, 2020

Ironically, the defeat to Leganes was a match that made Zidane think he would not be defended by Madrid as the club coach. But that didn't happen.

The Copa del Rey scars will remain until Zidane finally tasted success in this competition. It's just that, at this time Los Blancos must focus first on winning LaLiga Santander and the Champions League. Yes, the Copa del Rey remains Zidane's rock

Meanwhile in last night's match, Real Madrid loanee Martin Odegaard opened the scoring for Sociedad and Alexander Isak's brace gave the visitors a 3-0 lead.

Marcelo had time to reduce the lag, but Mikel Merino replied again at the same time changing the position to 4-1. Rodrygo Goes and Nacho's goals at the end of the match did not prevent Los Blancos from losing.