He came for the cars
The Madrid Formula 1 Grand Prix. Engines, grid walks, the usual noise. That is where the Spanish press cornered Zinedine Zidane, and nobody asked him about engines.
“Real Madrid are doing very well, as usual. Mourinho has managed to build a very good team.”
Two sentences. That was the whole of it. The new France boss had nothing further to say about the club he once ran and which now answers to Jose Mourinho. No jab, no qualifier, no sly pause before the compliment. A pat on the back, then on with his afternoon.
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Five wins, and a shrug in Madrid
On paper the numbers agree with him. Six competitive games this season, five won, second in La Liga behind Barca.
Spain is looking elsewhere. The midfield keeps coming up in conversation. The side has fragile spells. Over a full 90 they drop off, unable to hold one tempo from first whistle to last.
So you get two readings of the same table. Five from six, or five from six with the cracks already visible.
Why it lands coming from him
He could have swerved it. He chose not to.
Zidane understands that dressing room in a way no pundit does. Three Champions League titles in a row from the Madrid bench, something nobody else has managed in the modern format. His verdict on Mourinho’s team is not a Sunday-panel opinion, and everyone in Spain knows it.
The Special One will take it. He has Elche away on Tuesday night, same squad, same critics waiting.
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