Zidane: Playing for nothing is difficult Real Madrid Los Blancos came from behind to win

Real Madrid had a difficult afternoon on Saturday as they went 1-0 down to Eibar before two goals from Karim Benzema in the second half sealed a 2-1 victory, with Zinedine Zidane intimating that it is difficult to motivate a side that have nothing to play for.

Having been knocked out of the Copa del Rey and the Champions League, Madrid are out of the title race in LaLiga Santander and are counting down the days until the end of the season.

"This season we will not win anything, we know that," said Zidane.

"Playing for nothing is difficult."

The Frenchman provided his analysis of what went wrong in the first half and what Madrid did to amend things in the second period.

"At half-time we had to change for the second 45 minutes in front of us as we could not continue like we did in the first half," Zidane stated.

"We changed [things] and played more as a team. We ran more, were together, and completely changed the game.

"The first half we lacked confidence, above all at the start of the game, which was very difficult.

"In the end we must congratulate all players who battled, and the second half they changed things, they came together and helped each other a lot on the pitch."

Gareth Bale received a hostile reception from the Santiago Bernabeu crowd, though Zidane was coy about the Welshman's future.

"We will see [whether Bale will still be at the club next season]," he added.

"Gareth is a Real Madrid player with two years left on his contract."