Bernabeu, the land of evil with the coach

More than a month ago, president Florentino Perez of Real plans to extend the contract with coach Zinedine Zidane until 2020.

Real Madrid star celebrates on the square
The Real Madrid star celebrates as the showbiz about the Bernabeu
Bernabeu, the land of evil with the coach
At the time, Los Blancos just overtook Bayern to make it to the Champions League final in a row. That includes the team that results to Liverpool in Kiev, the French strategist will also be retained. This is because Perez wants to turn Zidane into a real "Alex Ferguson", not just a "Pep Guardiola".

In the end, Zizou has decided to become a Guardiola, not wanting to become a Ferguson of the Bernabeu. And his departure extends the unsettled tradition of Real coaches. Since the legendary strategist Miguel Munoz was sacked by the president of the Santiago Bernabeu in January 1974, Los Blancos has had 40 coaches. That means an average Real coach is only 1 and 1 month old. In two seasons in 1998 and 2004, Jose Antonio Camacho was in his seat only ... 23 days and 3 months, 27 days.

The "close" tradition continues to be maintained in the Perez era. In two stages of the chair (2000-2006, 2009-present), the real estate tycoon replaced 11 coaches in 15 years. In it, no strategist existed for more than three seasons under Perez. Of course, most were fired, but there were also "outgoing" dealers like Jose Mourinho, or active separatism like Zidane. However, these numbers still show the pressure that a coach of Real Madrid suffered as terrible. And it is not unreasonable for Mundo Deportivo to call the Bernabeu coach seat "electric chair."

Zidane's paradox
Zidane is not the highest-scoring manager of Florentino Perez's second season. Since Perez returned to Real Madrid in 2009, Zizou was fourth in the top five with 69.8%, Rafa Benitez (68%) and Manuel Pellegrini (75%), Jose Mourinho (72%) and Carlo Ancelotti (74.8%). However, he is the most successful coach with nine titles.