Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane has
brushed off Cristiano Ronaldo’s sideline snub at the weekend and
dismissed his team’s minor dip in form ahead of Tuesday’s Champions
League clash with Borussia Dortmund.
The Real coach replaced Ronaldo, a
three-time World Player of the Year, in Saturday’s 2-2 draw at Las
Palmas and the Portuguese superstar could not look him in the eye when
he came off.
But Zidane played down his captain’s behaviour.
“Not only Ronaldo gets upset when he is substituted,” said Zidane in Dortmund.
“Everyone does. Everything is normal, everything is good.