'It's hard to motivate the team when you know you are not going to win any title this season': Real Madrid's Zinedine Zidane admits struggle without the incentive of silverware By Kate Mcgreavy For Mailonline Published: 08:33 BST, 1 April 2019 | Updated: 08:33 BST, 1 April 2019 Viewcomments Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane has admitted 'it's hard to motivate the team' without the incentive of silverware. Madrid secured a last-gasp victory over bottom-placed side Huesca in La Liga on Sunday. Zidane's side were made to work hard for their 3-2 win but they eventually managed to prevail courtesy of Karim Benzema's strike in the 89th minute. Zinedine Zidane has admitted 'it's hard to motivate the team' without incentive of silverware Zidane, who was reappointed as the club's boss earlier this month, revealed that it is a struggle to stimulate his side with no possibility of winning a trophy this season. 'Obviously, we can play much better than we did today. But I'm happy for the victory and the efforts. Huesca deserved more than a defeat,' Zidane said following the victory. 'The changes? I tried to build the best possible team to win, and today it was important to make changes after the international break. Madrid secured a last-gasp victory over bottom-placed side Huesca in La Liga on Sunday 'Anyway, it's impossible to win a title nowadays with just 13 players in your squad. And to make it clear: I'm not trying to keep everybody happy. 'It's hard to motivate the team when you know you are not going to win any title this season.' Despite the three points at the weekend third-placed Madrid are 12 points behind rivals leaders Barcelona in the league standings. Before Zidane took over Los Blancos were knocked out of the Champions League by Ajax and lost to Barcelona in the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey. Despite the three points at the weekend Zidane's side are 12 points behind leaders Barcelona Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site dailymail and under his responsibility