Twenty-one-year-old Enzo Alan Zidane Fernandez, known more commonly as Enzo, was handed his senior Real Madrid debut by manager and father Zinedine Zidane on Wednesday. With Madrid holding a 7-1 advantage in their Copa del Rey fixture following the first leg, it was something of a training exercise against Cultural Leonesa, a club in the third level of the Spanish football league system.
Enzo entered the match for the start of the second half, replacing Isco with the aggregate scoreline now at 10-2. With the pressure completely off, Enzo didn’t disappoint on his debut. In the 63rd minute, he became the second Zidane to score a goal for Real Madrid with a fine finish that delighted the sparse crowd at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Enzo becomes the 2nd Zidane to score for @realmadriden. Watch Live on @go90sports: https://t.co/5a9xHed7k9 #beINgo90 https://t.co/1g3BchG9Mr
— beIN SPORTS USA (@beINSPORTSUSA) November 30, 2016
Even better than the goal was Enzo’s attempted roulette, also known as the Zidane Turn. While it didn’t quite come off for Enzo, it was still, like his father before him, poetry in motion.
Enzo Zidane tries (and fails) to emulate his dad. Watch Live on @go90sports: https://t.co/5a9xHed7k9 #beINgo90 https://t.co/XAWauNEgfB
— beIN SPORTS USA (@beINSPORTSUSA) November 30, 2016
Real Madrid would go on to win 13-2 on aggregate and advance to the fifth round.
