Demands of coaching Real are ‘exhausting’: Zidane

MADRID: Zinedine Zidane has admitted that coaching Real Madrid is draining as he prepares his side for their return to La Liga action on the back of the Champions League victory over Paris Saint-Germain.

“It is exhausting, for sure, even more so at Real Madrid,” the Frenchman, who had been under considerable pressure prior to the rousing 3-1 win over PSG in the first leg of their last-16 tie, told reporters at the club’s Valdebebas training complex on Saturday.

“Of course there could come a time when there needs to be a change, for the coach, the club, the players, everyone, but it is not the moment.”

Zidane has won eight trophies in a hugely successful two years at the helm, including back-to-back Champions Leagues.