Zinedine Zidane took his first training session in charge of Real Madrid on Tuesday in front of around 6,000 fans at Ciudad Real Madrid, the club’s training grounds.The 43-year-old former player was appointed as the club’s head coach on Monday following the dismissal of Rafael Benitez, who had drawn five and lost three of his 25 games in charge.Zidane, who won a La Liga title and the Champions League during his time at the club as a player, will take to the Santiago Bernabeu dugout as a manager for the first time against Deportivo La Coruna on Saturday.Ahead of that league clash, the former France international instructed his first session and the club’s first of the calendar year, which Madrid traditionally allow members of the public to watch.Real Madrid’s new head coach also spoke to the media on Tuesday afternoon and admitted that the pressure was already on him to win the club’s 11th European Cup.
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