Zidane: Jovic is the future, he's going to score lots of goals Real Madrid The coach also praised his defence

Real Madrid are without Karim Benzema, Gareth Bale and Eden Hazard for their Supercopa de Espana semi-final against Valencia and Zinedine Zidane could opt for Luka Jovic to lead the line in attack.

The Frenchman spoke of his confidence in the Serbian striker ahead of the match against Valencia.

"There's a good feeling despite the absences," Zidane said at his pre-match press conference in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday night.

"We have a deep squad and the others can respond.

"Jovic is clearly an option.

"He is the future.

"There's a need to be calm with him as he is learning.

"He is a kid who really wants to learn.

"He's very good and he's going to score lots of goals.

"We're backing him and we need to be calm with him."

After analysing the absences in attack, Zidane also spoke about his side's defensive improvement.

"We need to keep it up," he said.

"For other teams to rarely reach our goal is a base to build from.

"We're about to play a game where we'll need our defence."

Asked for his thoughts on the tournament as a whole and the new format, Zidane insisted that he is determined to win it.

"Our mindset doesn't change," he said.

"We're happy to play in this competition.

"We haven't come here to go sightseeing.

"We want to give our all against a good opponent.

"We played each other in the league recently, but every match is different."