Zinedine Zidane appeared in the press room at the Santiago Bernabéu to discuss Real Madrid's thrashing of Deportivo: “I'm not sure I've changed much about the team, other than the result of course. It was a huge margin, that's the difference. We played some great football in the game against Villarreal and today the same, once we'd gone 0-1 down. We scored and I'm thrilled with the outcome because we needed this. The players needed a performance like this, scoring lots of goals”.



“It's always great and a positive feeling to win, netting seven goals at home. It's not every day you get seven goals at the Bernabéu so we're thrilled with that today. We were hungry to get a result like this and now we want a repeat performance on Wednesday and next Saturday. We enjoyed our football and the match”.



Tactical solutions

“We know we can play in several different ways, and today we chose 4-3-3. It worked for us and I'm happy with everyone's performance. The formation is the least important element; the key thing was our attitude. I don't know the last time we scored seven times at the Bernabéu. I'm happy for the players, for everybody. I'm thrilled with the whole team's performance, which is the most important thing”.



Turned a corner

“We started strongly but we switched off from the throw-in and they got their goal. But we focused on playing our game and we managed to find two goals which allowed us to play as we did in the second half. Overall, we're very happy with the match. We weren't at our best in recent games at home, but we played well against Villarreal and today we converted our chances”.



Getting the fans back on board

“We want the fans to be behind us in every game. We need them when things are going well, and also when they're not so good. They responded brilliantly today. It's a team mentality: the players and the fans. I know what it's like to be jeered at this stadium and it's not easy. We want positive energy from the stands and we picked up a great result for them”.