Ex-Real Madrid: Zidane ‘not far from back in training’

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Coach announces return

Zinedine Zidane is flirting with a timely return to the coaching bench. “Soon soon. A little more patience, it won’t be long now. I’m not far from coaching a team again,” said the three-time world footballer, who has been on hiatus since leaving Real Madrid in the summer of 2021, on Monday night in a Paris museum. However, he does not miss the tracksuit at the moment.

The 50-year-old Frenchman had had great success with Real as a coach, including winning the Champions League three times, the Spanish championship twice and the cup twice with the “Royals”. Most recently, Zidane was under discussion at Paris Saint-Germain, after the separation from Thomas Tuchel he was also traded at Premier League club Chelsea. The former world and European champion was also mentioned again and again as a possible successor to Didier Deschamps as French national coach, because the future of his former teammate after the World Cup in Qatar is still open.

Coach with the most semi-final appearances in the Champions League

12 Arsène Wenger – 3 appearances in semi-finals with 2 clubs

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Arsenal (2), Monaco (1)

12 Héctor Cúper – 3 appearances in semi-finals with 2 clubs

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Valencia FC (2), Inter Milan (1)

12 Rafael Benítez – 3 appearances in semi-finals with 1 club

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Liverpool FC (3)

12 Diego Simeone – 3 semi-final appearances with 1 club

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Atlético Madrid (3)

6 Jurgen Klopp – 4 semi-final appearances with 2 clubs

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Liverpool (3), Borussia Dortmund (1)

6 Zinedine Zidane – 4 semi-final appearances with 1 club

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Madrid (4)

6 Marcello Lippi – 4 semi-final appearances with 1 club

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Juventus (4)

6 Ottmar Hitzfeld – 4 semi-final appearances with 2 clubs

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Bayern Munich (3), Borussia Dortmund (1)

6 Jupp Heynckes – 4 semi-final appearances with 2 clubs

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Bayern Munich (3), Real Madrid (1)

6 Vicente del Bosque – 4 appearances in semi-finals with 1 club

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Madrid (4)

5 Louis van Gaal – 5 appearances in semi-finals with 3 clubs

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Ajax Amsterdam (3), Bayern Munich (1), FC Barcelona (1)

4 Sir Alex Ferguson – 7 semi-final appearances with 1 club

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Manchester United (7)

2 Carlo Ancelotti – 8 semi-final appearances with 3 clubs

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AC Milan (4), Real Madrid (3), Juventus (1)

2 José Mourinho – 8 semi-final appearances with 4 clubs

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Real Madrid (3), Chelsea (3), Inter Milan (1), Porto (1)

1 Pep Guardiola – 9 semi-final appearances with 3 clubs

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FC Barcelona (4), Bayern Munich (3), Manchester City (2)

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