In the 17th round match, the examples of the "Royal Club" in the native walls was a bit of Barcelona with a score of 0: 3.

Despite the already 14-point gap from the Catalans in the standings of La Liga, Zinedine Zidane believes that his team still has chances to compete for the championship.

"I'm a coach, and my job is to make decisions.". I preferred Mateo Kovacic to Isko, because I wanted to with his help to keep Messi, and Mateo handled perfectly, "Zidane quotes beIN SPORTS.

"I planned to release Isko in the course of the match, but because of the removal did not have the opportunity to do so. I had to resort to the services of Nacho. The red card completely changed the game ".

"I do not regret anything. If we scored in the first half, the duel would have proceeded according to a completely different scenario.

I accept criticism, but it's football, and my beliefs will not affect this defeat ".

"Losing in Clasico - painful, but the race for the championship is not yet complete," - summed up Zidane.

Recall that Real Madrid for the first time in the history of the championship of Spain three times in a row lost to Barcelona at Santiago Bernabeu.

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