Zidane, the calm; Luis Enrique, the rod




Zidane is an unresolved puzzle. It is part of its appeal, its power of seduction. With his three Champions and his silences left the Madrid, fact by which any explanation of his magical triennium is like a treasure. In an interview with UEFA, it is sincere: "My job was to keep people calm!". "When you're working with talented and experienced players, the most important thing is to stay calm." Talented and experienced players are those who have found Luis Enrique in the selection, some common with Zidane had, but his method, which is why the observers, is different: where one put the calm, the other puts the rod. The coincidence between the statements of the French and the rules imposed by the new coach serve to ask about the ways of setting the principle of authority in a dressing room. The first is the sense of justice; the second is independence. If a player detects that the coach acts by delegation of a president, he loses his respect. The modern footballer, richer than ever, polyglot in many cases, international and digital is not for catechisms. It is true that Luis Enrique comes after a crisis that emitted symptoms on the relaxation of the players, although it can not be said that the institution it will help too much It was a manual self-destruction. If he was elected to the position, as Luis Rubiales said, it is because the president estimated that the wardrobe needed a character, a leader. Actually, a leader with which to counteract the leader: Sergio Ramos. Zidane defines his center as "a natural leader with a large presence in the dressing room," while Cristiano says he was "a leader in the field who inspired his teammates." "They complemented each other well," he adds. The complementarity of leadership to which the French alludes is interesting and very common in the collectives. When in a chat in Chile, Michelle Bachelet, former president of the country, asked Marcelo Bielsa if the leader of a wardrobe was the coach, he replied: "I enter the dressing room, I tell a joke and nobody laughs, a player enters, He tells the same and everyone laughs, that's the leader. " It is difficult to imagine Zidane or Luis Enrique telling a joke, but it is unquestionable, each one in his style, his leadership quota.