Zidane ‘hurt’ following Real Madrid’s heavy friendly defeat to rivals Atletico

Zinedine Zidane admitted he was hurt after Real Madrid lost a chaotic pre-season friendly 7-3 to city rivals Atletico.Former Chelsea striker Diego Costa scored four goals and was sent off as Real were embarrassed in New Jersey.Joao Felix, a big-money summer signing from Benfica, scored his first Atletico goal before Real made a belated comeback from 6-0 down. FT: @RealMadrid 3-7 @atletienglish @nachofi1990 59', @Benzema 85' (p), @javihercar 89'; Costa 1', 28', 45' (p), 51', Joo Flix 8', Correa 19', Vitolo 70'#RealMadridIsHere | #RMTour pic.twitter.com/QPGHZGNZth Real Madrid C.F. (@realmadriden) July 27, 2019Im not concerned, but Im hurt, Real manager Zidane said at his post-match press conference, reported on the clubs official website.You dont play to lose. But we cant be looking backwards.It was a bad game and now we have to focus on what went wrong, so we can try and make sure it doesnt happen again in the next match.We dont need to dwell on it, this is a pre-season game. They were better in every respect and thats all there is to it. pic.twitter.com/srwHYe6L7B Gareth Bale (@GarethBale11) July 20, 2019The build-up to the game was dominated by reports of Gareth Bale being set to leave Real and join Chinese club Jiangsu Suning.Bale started on the bench and came on for the final 30 minutes of a game in which Nacho, Karim Benzema and Javi Hernandez scored for Real.We cant be pleased with this defeat, that much is clear, said Zidane.We just really lacked the intensity you need at this level.But Im convinced Ive got a team here that is going to compete at the top level.Well be motivated and hungry to keep going, I have no doubt about it.Im convinced were going to have a good season. This wont change what were looking to achieve this season. The players are not letting me down, were just preparing for the new season and we have to remain calm. We have to be ready for when LaLiga comes around. | PRESS CONFERENCE@Simeone: "The players are very excited." https://t.co/mm981vMint#ApaAtleti #AtletiSummerTour #ICC2019 pic.twitter.com/dFhPU8mPLw Atltico de Madrid (@atletienglish) July 27, 2019Atletico boss Diego Simeone told his clubs official website: We prepared the game knowing it was a derby.We played well and I told the lads. The players are very excited.The goal is to arrive at the first LaLiga match in the best possible shape.(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
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