Zinedine Zidane takes over at Madrid

Real Madrid has sacked coach Rafael Benitez after just seven months in charge and replaced the Spaniard with soccer club legend Zinedine Zidane. Fan hero Zidane, who was Carlo Ancelotti’s assistant in 2014 when Real Madrid won the Champions League, was promoted on Monday from his job as coach of Real Madrid’s B team in the third division.

The former World Cup winner was at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium of Real Madrid with his wife and four kids for the announcement. “I’m more emotional now than when I signed as a player,” said the 43-year-old French, who finished his career at Real Madrid in 2006.