Zidane: “A coach is more tired than a player at the end of the season”

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THE Zinedine Zidane he is on a special and utterly short list of world football, having managed to combine a legendary career as a player with a successful one, to say the least, as a manager, culminating in his three successive conquests Champions League on her bench Real Madrid.

Thus, when asked about the differences between these two roles, the Frenchman was categorical, stressing that a coach he is more tired than a player at the end of the season, since he has many situations to manage and not like the football player who is focused on his individual performance and the team as a whole.

At the end of a season on the bench, you are more tired than a player. The two jobs have nothing to do with each other. I remember as a football player I was focused on my performance and the performance of the team. The coach, on the other hand, has 23 kids and never stops“, he said initially and added:

When I went home, my head was always on work. This work comes from all sides. All the information is running on you and you have the responsibility to make all these decisions. It’s a real drain on your energy».

Source: Sport Fm

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