Draw hard to take - Zidane

Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidance was in a sombre mood during his post game press conference after the 2-2 draw against Levante. Twice he saw his side take the lead only for Levante to peg them back both times.

Giampaolo Pazzini, making his debut for Levante, steered a right-footed effort under Keylor Navas with one minute of normal time left to rescue a point. Isco had seemingly spared Real's blushes when he fired home with 9 minutes to go, after Sergio Ramos and Emmanuel Boateng traded first half goals. 

"We controlled the game, especially the first half, but then after we scored the second goal, which was the most difficult, we were not able to avoid an equaliser," Zidane said. "It bothers me because we work it - we know that the opponent can hurt you on the counter-attack."

 

3 February 2018

"We are frustrated because the result was in our hands and we did not get the victory, now we have a game next week and after we will think about the Champions League," the Frenchman went on to say, referring to the league tie against Real Sociedad before a cruch game against PSG in the Champions League, with Zidane's future at the Bernabeu likely hinging on the result of that tie.

Former Barcelona player Neymar has already said he can't wait to play against 'Los Blancos' in what should be an entertaining tie between the two European giants.