The Real Madrid faced the quarter-finals of the Glass of the King against a rival complicated, the Real Sociedad, but with the factor field in favour. Santiago Bernabéu had to be a differential factor to decant the eliminatory -remember, to only party- in front of the Basque group, but finally the ones of Imanol Aguacil finish amargando the night to the merengues, that saw how flew the first title.
The team madridista did not know the defeat in the last 21 parties, in a series that had elevated him to the leadership of LaLiga Santander. In concrete, the Mallorca had been the last team that had surpassed to the Real Madrid. Something that had awarded such state of confidence in the team and, especially, in his technician, Zinedine Zidane, that finish being excessive.
The French trainer posed an alignment with a change of system and betting by players little usual. Leaving backwards the 4-4-2 usual, this time Zidane changed to the 4-3-3 and bet by the titularity of footballers like Areola, Eder Militao, James Rodríguez, Nacho or Brahim. Others, as Raphael Varane or Luka Modric, remained in the bench.
From the first moment, the Real Sociedad achieved to be very upper. The ones of Aguacil dominated the centre of the field and had a lot of clear occasions as to having marked more than the four goals that established finally in the marker. The blncos only started at the end, when the own technician txuri-urdin made several defensive changes, but the traced back remained to half way.
Explanations of Zidane
In the back press conference to the party, Zinedine Zidane was asked after the rotations that employed in front of the Real Sociedad. "The staff always is put. We are all together. It is truth that four goals are many and hurt, but all the players are put and the plan does not change. It is necessary to raise and go on, struggling", manifested.
Besides, it denied that it was an error bet only by three midfield players and excusó the defeat in the good party of the Real Sociedad. "I put to a team that thought that could do it well. I do not think that we made a mistake with the team, but there is a rival that played very well and has cost us. Here we are all together, when it wins and when it loses ", sentenced.