It hasn't even been a year and yet Zinedine Zidane can already look back on his time in charge at Real Madrid with great fondness.
Involved in some incredible moments as a player, such as the 2002 Champions League title win over Bayer Leverkusen, and as assistant to Carlo Ancelotti, including the 2014 Decima triumph in Lisbon, it was only a matter of time before Zidane the boss collected a winners medal.
However few expected the Frenchman to have two major honours in the bag by his ten-month anniversary.It was in Milan where he notched his first trophy win from the hotseat, celebrating a Champions League penalty shootout win against local rivals Atletico Madrid with his family, safe in the knowledge that he'd secured his job for the new season.
Indeed it was vital that he proved an unceasing winning mentality as soon as the 2016/17 season kicked off, a feat he achieved via an extra-time win in the UEFA Super Cup.
Fortunately, this time around Dani Carvajal popped up late on to spare Real another shootout lottery, and Zidane had his second trophy.
All of this shows the incredible decision made by Florentino Perez to bring in the former midfielder, after the not-so incredible decision to bring in Rafa Benitez, especially given the fact that Zidane's only full season in charge of Real Madrid Castilla ended in a poor sixth-place finish.
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