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Benitez Sacked, Zidane to Be Named New Madrid Coach
Rafael Benitez has been sacked as manager of Real Madrid.
The former Liverpool and Chelsea boss has endured a tough season at the Bernabeu since taking over in June, and while he only finds his side four points off Atletico at the top of La Liga he has had fallouts with key players and been criticised for a defensive style of football.
Benitez was also denied the chance for another piece of silverware, the Copa del Rey, after an administrative gaffe saw them expelled for fielding an ineligible player against Cadiz.
The last straw: Valencia 2-2 Real Madrid
It leaves the Champions League as their most likely chance of glory this season, but club president Florentino Perez has opted for a change ahead of their round-of-16 tie with Roma next month.
An announcement is expected later on today.
Zinedine Zidane – the coach of Real Madrid’s second team, Castilla – is expected to take over.
The Frenchman is understood to privately prefer a summer change and the chance to undertake an entire pre-season but won’t turn down the chance to manage the ten-time European champions if, as expected, Perez offers him the job.
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PHOTOS: FG welcomes Super Eagles with breakfast
The Super Eagles have arrived in the Federal Capital Territory after their second-place finish at the just concluded African Cup of Nations final.
Players including Alex Iwobi, Ahmed Musa, Victor Osimhen, Ola Aina, Frank Onyeka, Calvin Bassey, Ademola Lookman, Kenneth Omeruo, Joe Aribo and Williams Troost-Ekong were at the welcome breakfast at Transcorp Hilton, Abuja.
Members of the coaching crew are also at the breakfast.
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‘The Ivory Coast We Beat In The Group Stages Are Not The Same Ones We’ll Be Facing Today’
“This is the kind of match where if either teams play the way they have been playing since the tournament begin, they should forget it.
If Osimhen doesn’t direct one of his 20 headers into the net and Lookman see free space to smash ball into net but wants to use his short legs to do a Papilo round the keeper, wo, we should forget it.
They should take their chances as they come and fast enough or else wahala go dey.
The Ivory Coast we beat in the group stages are not the same ones we will be facing. Those ones have extra motivation to win having come this far against all odds.
They have home advantage psychology. With thousands and thousands of their fans gingering them.
And they are looking for revenge.
Like I said, if we don’t take our chances, anything our eye see, we should take it as the will of God.”
— Hymar Idibie 🖊️
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