The Twilight of Real Madrid's Ignored Zinedine Zidane Squad

Zinedine Zidane seems to still not be fully aware of the urgency of Real Madrid's regeneration squad. He has young ammunition, but still chooses old bullets.

In the first week of August 2019, La Gazetta dello Sport (via SportWeek) released a list of the best U-20 players in the world. Jadon Sancho was at the top, surpassing Matthijs de Ligt, Kai Havertz, Vinicius Junior, Joao Felix, Gianluigi Donnarumma, Phil Foden, Rodrygo Goes, Ryan Sessegnon, and Rafael Leao.

Only two teams have two players in the top 10: Real Madrid and AC Milan. Then, Madrid still has Brahim Diaz in 17th, Takefusa Kubo in 27th, and Andriy Lunin in 34th position.
Uniquely, Zidane actually ignores the potential of these five young Madrid players. Read below, Bolaneters!

Menukil Marca, from the 5 best young players of Madrid, it seems that only Brahim Diaz is trusted by Zidane. Kubo and Lunin are on loan, Rodrygo enters Castilla, while Vinicius's situation is unclear.
Vinicius was actually one of Madrid's best players last season, but this year is not certain. He knew that his ability had not convinced Zidane. Vinicius is confused and not confident.

In fact, Zidane did not seem impressed with Madrid's young players. Since returning to the Santiago Bernabeu, Zidane has chosen to be nostalgic and stubborn.

The problem is, Zidane's decision clashes with club policies that are concerned with the development of young players. Madrid must introduce new faces after a very disappointing new season.

Until now, senior players have not really responded. Still like last season, since March 2019, Madrid only won one of every three matches.

Zidane's return was praised and considered to solve Madrid's problems. However, it could be that Zidane is someone who is not very skilled in launching a reshuffle of the squad.

"We will change a lot of things," Zidane promised when he returned. However, until now, the change has not really materialized.

True, Zidane has brought in six new players, but the fact is he still has old faces in Madrid's three matches in 2019/20 La Liga so far.
Sergio Ramos and Marcelo are no longer young. Luka Modric is aging. In addition, Madrid's problem is not just age. Their squad was no longer fresh, but Zidane still insisted.

Still quoting Marca, Zidane had actually tried to change.

Sergio Reguilon, Dani Ceballos, Marcos Llorente, Keylor Navas, Jesus Vallejo, Martin Odegaard, Mateo Kovacic, Kubo, Lunin, Luca Zidane, Theo Hernandez, Raul de Tomas, and Borja Mayoral have been released, but actually they are not core players.

Seeing Madrid's starting XI so far, Gareth Bale is considered an outcast player, even though he remains the top scorer.

This generation of Madrid squad is starting to enter the twilight, Zidane did not realize it. He ignored many young talents and started a revolution worth 305 million euros which might fail.

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