I Am Focused On The Girona Game – Zidane

Zinedine Zidane says neither he nor his team will be distracted by political “noise” ahead of Sunday afternoon’s La Liga game at Girona.

Speaking at a recent news conference, Zidane said he had no public opinion to give on the political situation, as his sole focus was getting three points for his side.

“I just look at one thing — tomorrow’s game,” Zidane said. “I know there is lot of noise around, many things, but I do not get into this. What is important for me is what we do on the pitch, and nothing else.”

Kiko Casilla, expected to start as Keylor Navas remains injured, was preparing for the game exactly as normal, Zidane added.

“[Casilla] plays for Madrid, he is relaxed, preparing his game,” he said. “Independent of where he was born, that does not change. We all know the situation, but he, like us all, is only thinking about the game tomorrow, and playing well.”

Zidane rested all his senior stars including newly crowned FIFA Best player of 2017 Cristiano Ronaldo for Thursday’s 2-0 Copa del Rey round-of-32 first leg win at third-tier Fuenlabrada, and said against Girona he would continue to rotate amid a heavy schedule in three competitions.

“Tomorrow you will see what the team is,” Zidane said. “It is true that we have many games, and there will be changes.”