Zinedine Zidane kicked off life as Real Madrid head coach in the perfect way after Gareth Bale led them to a 5-0 thrashing of Deportivo la Coruna on Saturday.
Doubts had been cast over Bale’s future following Florentino Perez’s decision to replace Rafa Benitez with Zidane, but the Welshman silenced his critics in the sensational fashion.
The former Spurs winger netted his second hat-trick in four matches and it came with just four shots on goal in a routine outing for Los Blancos.
Madrid’s highest rated player was joined in the La Liga Team of the Week by four other teammates. Cristiano Ronaldo someone failed to join in on the rout, but still provided two assists and was denied by the woodwork in his performance.
Toni Kroos provided another near-faultless passing performance from central midfield; misplacing just three of his 80 passes to finish with the highest pass accuracy of another starter on display at the Santiago Bernabéu (96%).
Karim Benzema and Keylor Navas completed their dominance in the Team of the Week. The former took his goal tally to 14 for the season with a brace, whereas Navas was still on hand to make four saves and one cross claim when required in the match.
