JAKARTA - Zinedine Zidane failed again with a 4-3-3 formation. Real Madrid were held to a 2-2 draw by Celta Vigo at the Santiago Bernabeu at the weekend.
Zidane successfully led Los Blancos to a Champions League hat-trick in his first coaching period. However, the scheme he is implementing this time is sometimes difficult to predict. At times he seemed to have an idea of what to do, but then in a few days there was a change of six players in his first team.
When a game scheme he implemented worked well, he instead changed it to the previous one. When a player performs well and stakes a claim for regular appearances, he is eliminated from the next match.
His decision to replace Toni Kroos for Luka Modric and leave Real Madrid's midfield gap against Celta Vigo is an oddity. Likewise about his choice to shift Vinicius to the right when he is more chaotic on the left.
Previously, Real Madrid faced a difficult match at Osasuna after being knocked out in the Copa del Rey against Real Sociedad. However, the final result that led to a victory for Los Blancos could not be separated from Isco's big role. But in the next match against Celta Vigo, the Spanish midfielder was not played at all.
Likewise with Lucas Vazquez, who was equally impressive against Osasuna, but was dropped from the squad at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu last weekend. On the other hand, Zidane again chose Gareth Bale in the match.
Ahead of the matches against Manchester City and Barcelona, Zidane needs to be aware of what his team lacks in installing a Welsh winger on the pitch. Although it should also be considered that Bale was involved in the process of six goals in his last five matches against Celta Vigo in La Liga before yesterday's game.
Real Madrid are preparing for their two most important matches of the season and trying to guess what Zidane thinks is an impossible task.
Los Blancos will host Manchester City in the first leg of the Champions League last 16 on 27 February. Five days later, they will serve Barcelona's biggest rivals in El Clasico.
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