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‘Clasico won’t be the end of Zidane but football can be cruel’ – Camacho not expecting sack call at Real Madrid

Defeat to Barcelona in Saturday’s Clasico at Camp Nou will not spell the end for Zinedine Zidane as Real Madrid boss, says Jose Antonio Camacho, but the Frenchman is walking a tightrope and has been warned that football can be “quite cruel”.

An iconic figure at Santiago Bernabeu further enhanced his legacy in 2019-20 by delivering another La Liga title to the Spanish capital.

Said success was expected to act as a springboard for Real, as they seek to reassert their dominance on domestic and continental stages.

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Inconsistency has, however, blighted the Blancos’ efforts through the early weeks of the current campaign, with shock setbacks suffered at home and abroad.