Arrasate: Real Madrid are like an Italian team` Real Madrid Praised defensive solidity

Osasuna boss Jagoba Arrasate has likened Real Madrid to an Italian team for their tactics and fitness.

Zinedine Zidane brought Gregory Dupont over to the club last summer to improve the team's physical capacity.

"They have very few flaws on the tactical side," Arrasate said about Los Blancos.

"They're super powerful on the physical side.

"They seem like one of the true Italian teams from a previous era."

Arrasate has his Osasuna team playing to a high intensity, just like Zidane does at Real Madrid.

"We're good in that respect: they're the best," he noted.

"That's why they're top of LaLiga [Santander]."