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Real Madrid coach Zidane: We upped things after halftime

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane was delighted with their Champions League win at Napoli.

The visitors came from a goal down to win 1-3 at the San Paulo.

Zidane remarked afterwards: "We're capable of doing better than we did in the first half and we'll have to do so. Coming here and being put under the pressure that they put us under, we knew that we might struggle. The game is played over 90 minutes and we did very well in the second half. We can't be happy with the first-half display, but have to pleased with our second-half performance, in which we got the three goals.

“We discussed the same things as we always do at half-time. You have to change things if the opposition are causing your problems in the first half. We had to push a bit higher up and be more compact. We scored twice from set-pieces, but they're part of the game as well. We had a lot of opportunities to score, in the first half too. We're pleased to have Sergio here, every now and then he comes up with a goal with his head."

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