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I'm jinxed, jokes Zinedine Zidane ahead of Real Madrid's visit to Alaves

Updated on: 23 September,2017 12:26 PM IST  |  Madrid
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Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane joked that he was "jinxed" as his team comes under attack for their misfiring start to this season’s la Liga campaign

I'm jinxed, jokes Zinedine Zidane ahead of Real Madrid's visit to Alaves

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane joked that he was "jinxed" as his team comes under attack for their misfiring start to this season's la Liga campaign.



Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane


"So now I'm jinxed, am I?" the Frenchman said two days after Real suffered a shock 1-0 defeat by Real Betis. "Before I was the shining star... No, no, I've always been a shining star, don't worry. I'm at this club and I make the absolute most of being here. I don't think about bad luck, that's part of football and the good news is that we have a match. We have the chance to be able to change that quickly and we'll do it."


In the space of just five games Real have gone from red-hot La Liga title favourites to trailing rivals Barcelona by seven points ahead today's trip to Alaves. When Madrid beat Barca 5-1 in the Spanish Super Cup last month, Zidane's men were expected to romp to the title.

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