Real Madrid head coach Zinedine Zidane faces do-or-die Champions League clash against Wolfsburg on 100th day in charge

Zinedine Zidane woke up on Tuesday morning on his 100th day in charge at Real Madrid knowing

that only a win by a three-goal margin in the Santiago Bernabeu will be good enough for the supporters who will line the streets as the team bus makes its way to the stadium.

Real Madrid fans are optimistic – Zidane’s teams have scored over four goals a game at home since he took over and that ought to be enough against Wolfsburg. But he is urging calm. 

‘There are lots of messages about hotting things up but we need to keep cool heads,’ he said.

Experienced Madrid supporters agree with him. They remember great comebacks from 2-0 first-leg results against Inter Milan and Celtic 30 and 35 years ago.

They have also seen many failed attempts at coming back into games and they know that there is no point charging out of the blocks and scoring early on only to tire late on and, even worse, concede an away goal.

They are urging the team to not even think of this as a comeback; just to think of it as a game against the eighth-best team in the Bundesliga, which in normal circumstances they believe Real Madrid would win comfortably.

‘When I look at my players’ faces that puts me at ease,’ added the French coach. 

He has the players to get the goals – Cristiano Ronaldo is tournament top scorer and Gareth Bale is in his best form of the season so far.