FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - La Liga Santander - Real Madrid v Granada - Estadio Alfredo Di Stefano, Madrid, Spain - December 23, 2020 Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane during the match REUTERS/Susana Vera
MADRID (Reuters) - With Zinedine Zidane facing his third crisis in his second spell with Real Madrid, his players must once again fight for their coach on the pitch when they visit Alaves in La Liga on Saturday, smarting from a shock Cup defeat to tiny Alcoyano.
The 2-1 extra-time defeat on Wednesday to the third division, semi-professional side followed a 2-1 loss to Athletic Bilbao in the Spanish Super Cup and left last year's La Liga champions with one win in their last five games in all competitions.
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