The coach of Real Madrid Zinedine Zidane told, according to what principle was distributed the playing time of striker Cristiano Ronaldo in this season.

In the completed drawing of La Liga Cristiano played only 29 matches, not appearing on the field in nine meetings. Four starting games of the season the Portuguese missed due to injury, but in most matches did not play, to save energy for the crucial period of the season.

According to Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldo lacks physical readiness to play in all fights, but rest is necessary for him to be in optimal shape.

"We discussed and decided on the number of meetings with Cristiano together," Zidane said..

"We approached this question wisely, since even he sometimes needs to rest. It's not that the physical readiness brings him, but that he wants in the best possible way to approach the crucial stage of the season, when everything is at stake ".

"This year he spent a lot of matches, but there were a couple of cases when we left him in reserve so that he would rest. By the end of the season, he comes up in a fantastic form ".

"It's not only about this year, but about all the seasons in his career, in each of which he spent 60-70 matches. So the time has come when it is necessary to take time to rest ".

"There are no words to describe the brilliance of Ronaldo. About himself, he says goals, whenever he goes on the field. Now he has more than 400 goals for Real Madrid in all tournaments. It is hard to believe in these statistics, but in his case everything is possible ".

This season, Ronaldo scored 25 goals in La Liga, and 10 times scored in the Champions League.