In numbers: Zidane’s 100 games in assign of Real Madrid
Real Madrid’s 2-1 win opposite Getafe on Saturday was quite special for Zinédine Zidane, who was celebrating his 100th diversion in assign of a club. Just 18 months into a job, a former midfield conductor has exceeded all expectations, lifting 7 trophies, including ancestral back-to-back UEFA Champions League titles. We take a demeanour during some of a contribution and sum behind a Frenchman’s century.
Zidane’s 100 games
Wins: 75
Draws: 17
Defeats: 8
While his 75% win ratio is somewhat defective to that enjoyed by Carlo Ancelotti (78%) and José Mourinho (77%), Zidane’s transport of seven vital trophies (two Champions Leagues, dual UEFA Super Cups, a FIFA Club World Cup, a Liga and a Spanish Super Cup) distant exceeds a achievements of dual of football’s most-decorated coaches in their initial 100 games during a Bernabéu.
Madrid set a new Spanish record as they went 40 uninterrupted games but better – from Apr 2016 to Jan 2017 – underneath Zidane, whose longest winning strain lasted eight matches; he has gifted back-to-back defeats only once, in Jan this year. He is, meanwhile, also a initial ever Madrid trainer to be dominant in his initial two visits to a Camp Nou home of rivals Barcelona.
The Merengues netted in 73 uninterrupted outings before sketch a vacant opposite Real Betis final month. Cristiano Ronaldo – who else? – is a tip scorer of a Zidane epoch with 74 goals, with Karim Benzema second carrying struck 33 times for his compatriot (both scored opposite Getafe). Indeed, Zidane’s group have never unsuccessful to measure divided in a Spanish Liga, with Madrid now carrying found a behind of a net in 34 uninterrupted joining games on a road.
Toni Kroos’s 82 appearances make him a most-used player, with a sum of 34 opposite players representing a bar during a 100 games.
Zidane has come adult opposite Atlético trainer Diego Simeone on six occasions – a many he has faced any manager – winning three, sketch once and losing twice.
With a FIFA Club World Cup still to come in Dec and Madrid resolutely in a Liga and Copa del Rey mix, not to discuss looking dynamic to secure a record hat-trick of Champions League titles, Zidane will be anticipating his subsequent century of games are as successful as a first.