Madrid Nov 17 (IANS) Real Madrid defender Raphael Varane said his club coach Zinadine Zidane has been a demigod for the French football.
"There are no words for Zidane " the French international was quoted as saying by Spanish website Marca on Thursday. "He is a demigod for my whole generation in France."
The 24-year-old also confessed he had a bizarre experience playing under Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho at Real Madrid.
"He didn t use me at the beginning of the season and I didn t know why " the centre-back said.
"I spoke with the coach and three days later and at the age of 19 he started me against Manchester City.
"I don t know if Mourinho was aware of my personality but I took it as a challenge. The match went very well and from there everything started to go better " Varane added.
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