Zinedine Zidane insisted he is “not bothered” by Saturday’s 3-2 friendly defeat to their La Liga rivals Barcelona in Miami.
Real Madrid went two goals down inside seven minutes after Lionel Messi and Ivan Rakitic struck before Mateo Kovacic and Marco Asensio forced a leveller heading into half-time.
Gerard Pique grabbed Barca’s clincher five minutes after the restart.
The Champions League winner said he is pleased with the performance of his players during pre-season.
“This is pre-season and I’m sure that the results we’ve achieved weren’t what we were expecting, but this doesn’t alter anything.
“The important thing is to be ready for August 8. I saw some good things out there, but also some things I didn’t like.
“We’ve got to be patient, work hard and be ready for the UEFA Super Cup. I’m not bothered by the defeat. It always hurts, we don’t like to lose but that’s not the most important thing. We need to improve and change a few things,” the Frenchman told realmadrid.com.
Zidane, whose team face the Catalans again in the Spanish Super Cup in two weeks’ time, can now turn his thoughts to the UEFA Super Cup meeting with Manchester United on August 8.
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