Zinedine Zidane made the conscious decision not to respond to Gerard Pique's comments, where he intimated that Real Madrid have benefitted from refereeing decisions, as he wants to be completely focused on Los Blancos.
Frederic Hermel, the renowned French journalist and correspondent for L'Equipe in Spain, has recently written a book on Zidane and he chimed in on why his compatriot didn't begin a war of words with the Barcelona centre-back.
"Zidane has not responded to Pique because he wants all his energy to lead the team," Hermel told Radio MARCA.
"I remember one of the first times we ate together and I asked for meat and potatoes.
"He asked for grilled chicken with a squeeze of lemon.
"When I asked him about it, he said that the energy he would spend on managing the food would not be enough for football."
Hermel also briefly touched on the relationship between Zidane and Florentino Perez.
"Florentino told me that he wanted to be remembered as the president who signed Zidane," said Hermel.
Kucntuy
1101
don't respond to that fool
IsaacNkhata
1033
u can't archive your goals if you drop and chasing a dog that bark behind you ..
minutemaid
607
they will talk about real Madrid win over the weekend but forget the previous el clasico
ken2rich
460
all barca players, fans, management and even ex-players and board are always talking trash against Madrid. they already knew that the league belongs to Madrid. the only way for them to stop Madrid right now is to play the game with their big big mouths. shameless club
Playboy-x
230
Everyone knows Pique is someone who is always jealous of RM and he must always find the slightest way to start a heat up . But the best way to answer a fool is to be quiet.
Kgabzin
101
Sometimes Pique should just focus on Defending than being a sore loser I know I am a barca fan but when something happens Pique wants to be the first to respond instead of trying to help barca with it's defending