‘We’re not puppets’
Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said his side's match Osasuna should have been postponed due to the snowy conditions after the La Liga champions could only draw 0-0 on Saturday with the second-from-bottom side.
The snowstorm that blitzed northern Spain and the Spanish capital forced Real to make the journey to Pamplona a day earlier than originally planned, while they were made to wait on the icy runway at Barajas airport for over four hours.
Zidane's side struggled on the icy pitch as snow continued to fall throughout the game. They failed to have a shot on target in the first half.
"That was not a football match, it should have been called off," an angry Zidane told reporters. Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois joined coach Zidane in criticising organisers La Liga for not postponing his side's game at Osasuna.
"We do what we are asked. We knew that if we didn't come here we could lose the points but all you need to do is take a look and the roads.
"We also have families and we're not puppets who have to play all the time," Courtois said.
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