“The essence of Real Madrid is never to give up”. When you don’t do that an opponent such as them, with the players they have, can do you damage.
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But, Sevilla managed to level the score at 1-all just 4 minutes before the break when Franco Vazquez fired a left-footed half-volley into the bottom-right corner of the net.
Casilla revealed that Zidane has made it clear he expects more success from Madrid’s players in the new campaign.
Despite winning Europe’s second-tier club competition five times, Jorge Sampaoli’s men have only claimed the Super Cup once, and are likely to have their work cut out again on Tuesday with Madrid the opposition.
While the audiences were demonstrated with a play set in balance between Madrid and Sevilla in the first half of the game, it is the Europa League champion that was seen to have more possession albeit slightly in the overall play.
Comments made by the attacker while on global duty in May through which he seemed to criticize Zidane for his treatment at the club did not improve matters and James subsequently did not play any part in Real Madrid’s Champions League Final success in May.
Despite the prospect of new additions to Zidane’s squad, Perez was nevertheless keen to stress the importance of Madrid’s youth set-up, highlighted by the impact of Marco Asensio.
Zidane said, “Sergio Ramos is our captain, an important player and he’s always there to earn us the trophy”. He’s grown as a player, too.
“I keep my hunger intact, and hopefully we can win this trophy for the fans”.
“When you win in the last moment, you suffer a lot in the meantime”. It’s a good squad.
Real Madrid head into the match without Gareth Bale, who has been given a longer holiday after his heroics with the Welsh national team at Euro 2016.
“They got ahead in a key part of the game, but we never gave up and Sergio’s goal in the last minute brought us back to life”.
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“It is always great to play finals like this and it would be unbelievable to get the season underway by winning a title. This is the direction we want to go in”. After spending all of last season on loan with Sevilla, the 20-year-old midfielder/hybrid winger was listed in the starting XI by manager Zinedine Zidane after an impressive showing in preseason play.
