World number one Rafael Nadal has paid tribute to Zinedine Zidane, who shocked the football world recently by stepping down as Real Madrid manager just few days after guiding the club to their third Champions League title. Nadal said that though it is quite difficult to see such top manager leaving the club, he deserves to choose what is correct for him. He deserves to choose what's better for him," Sport24 quoted Nadal, as saying. The victory in the final saw Zidane equal Bob Paisley and Carlo Ancelotti's record of being the only coaches to have lifted the European Cup thrice. Besides bagging three European titles, Zidane had also guided the Spanish club to one La Liga glory since taking over as the Real manager only in January 2016.

Source: dna June 01, 2018 08:15 UTC