And so, Zinedine Zidane exits stage left, of his own accord and for the second time in three years. You have to go back nearly a quarter of a century to find the last Real Madrid manager who said "no mas" and willingly made his way out of the Santiago Bernabeu without being pushed out or chased out. That was Fabio Capello in 1997, and the world was a very different place back then.
- Zidane resigns as Real Madrid manager
The circumstances were very different, too.