a poor start cost zidane's replacement, julien otegui, hisjob last year.contrasts with their fans‘ expectation of instant success. this is, after all, i club defined by glory. they will now have a manager associated with that. zidane's trophies buy him time behind the wheel. the direction remains unclear. we can get more on this now, the spanish footballjournalist we can get more on this now, the spanish football journalist guillem balague broke this. what makes real madrid and zinedine zidane think that they can revive their fortunes? sometimes it works to go back, i think, and the hope is that in this case it does work. i think zidane said in the summer, i would like this to happen, i would like these quys this to happen, i would like these guys to come, and the said we will not take those decisions, so he left. but given the opportunity for real madrid to find a solution to a crisis, let's not forget that in one week it was the worst week in the history of madrid, they had the chance of winning the league, cup, and champions league, and lost them, and c