Five years since Zidane started coaching Madrid

Zinedine Zidane took over at Real Madrid on 4th January 2016. He did so surrounded by scepticism, with the club plunged into a crisis after the failure of Carlo Ancelotti's replacement, Rafa Benitez. This Monday is the fifth anniversary of his first presentation as a white coach.

Divided in two stages, the trajectory of the Frenchman at the head of the Madrid team was unthinkable at the beginning. At that time, Zidane's only experience had been coaching Real Madrid Castilla without extraordinary results, but he managed to change everything.

If Ancelotti opened the bottle with the 'Decimo', Zidane regained the confidence of the group and made them champions of the Champions League for three consecutive years. To this he added a League, two European Super Cups, one Spanish Super Cup and two World Club Cups.

Then came the white catharsis. For Zidane, his time was over after that third season in which he won the Kiev final against Liverpool, after which Cristiano Ronaldo asked to leave for Juventus. Julen Lopetegui would arrive in the midst of the commotion, fired by the RFEF after his transfer to the Whites was announced just before the World Cup in Russia.

Lopetegui's project didn't take off, Solari didn't work out either and the Frenchman returned in March 2019. On his return, 'Zizou' auditioned and began to lead a generational change that was simmering. Marcelo, Modric, Ramos and Kroos who led their champion generation are still there, but Valverde, Odegaard and company are starting to flourish.

For now, the results of Zinedine Zidane in his second journey as coach of Real Madrid include a league title and a Spanish Super Cup. And in total, 234 games in which he achieved 155 victories, 47 draws and 32 defeats.