Ronaldo-Bale Rested, 2 Madrid Players Steal Attention

The brave decision made Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane in a duel cons of Leganes in LaLiga delay party on Thursday, February 22, 2018. In action at the Estadio Municipal de Butarque, Madrid did not lose Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale as a starter. Ronaldo was deliberately rested. While Bale started the game on the bench, and just entered in 73 minutes, replacing Isco. Lucky, Madrid still able to win 3-1. Two players Los Blancos, Lucas Vazquez and Marco Asensio received praise from Zidane. "I think they (Vazquez and Asensio) are important players, I am happy with Lucas' performance and he deserves to look good," Zidane said as quoted by Soccerway. "He fought hard before he competed, he was not in good shape, he played well like Asensio, he has been playing a lot recently, and he showed a brilliant game," said the Frenchman. Zidane is determined to bring Madrid forward a positive trend. Los Blancos did experience difficult times and now will fight to rise. "There are 25 players here, they are all very good players and they showed that when they were believed to perform," said Zidane. Victory over Leganes put Madrid into third place LaLiga, shifting Valencia. They chalked 48 points from 24 games.