Published 17:47 IST, November 7th 2019

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane praises Rodrygo after hat-trick

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane heaped praises on Rodrygo after the Brazilian teenager scored a hat-trick against Galatasaray in the Champion's League match

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Rodrygo scored a hat-trick against Galatasaray on vember 7 fetching appreciation from Real Mrid manr Zinedine Zidane. official website of Real Mrid quoted Zidane saying, “He is only eighteen years old. We are so pleased with him. When he gets a chance to play he always does well, he did that tonight in every sense. He works hard and does a lot of things."

Rodrygo scored a hat-trick

Soccer fans kw that it was t a difficult task for Rodrygo to score his first goal during match. He scored goal after initial four minutes. It was astonishing to see him score a goal again in leing club with a 2-0 score. Rodrygo secured his third goal in 90+2 which le to Real Mrid securing a massive win against Galatasaray in Champions League. 
Zidane supported and appreciated his team saying,” We need to have patience and t pressure him. I am t surprised whatsoever, he is very talented. Perhaps we can be surprised by three goals. He is happy, his game is a real joy to watch”.

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Rodrygo is player of future

Reflecting on match between Real Mrid and Galatasaray, Zidane said that, “Logically we can be happy with 6 goals today, but we also kept a clean sheet tonight, defending and respecting our rivals until end because sometimes when you are 4 goals up at half time you can relax, but we didn't. Whenever we lost ball we pressed hard and that led to us having a well-rounded game.” Zidane said that “Rodrygo is a top-quality player” and it is appreciable that he is putting in so much hard work. He gave an example of Butragueño, who also started playing at a later st, but Rodrygo got an early start. Zidane sees him as a player for future. 

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Zidane says, ‘Rodrygo learns quickly’

He also supported his assertion with facts, he said that “to highlight something, his intelligence, he learns very quickly, he wants to improve and n he has it all. Technically he's very good, when you also have physicality, which he still has to improve, he does what he does on field. He's smart because he also takes a break in his game when team needs him, but technically he kws how to do everything with ball."

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Real Mrid won match against Galatasaray in UEFA Champions League with a score of 6-0. next match will be held on vember 27 between Real Mrid and PSG. 

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11:45 IST, November 7th 2019