Zinedine Zidane has hit back at Morata after the Spaniard said he moved to Chelsea due to lack of enough playing opportunities for high-profile games at Real Madrid.
Earlier this month, Morata talked on why he left Madrid, saying: ‘I played lots of games but always with the second choice side. I never asked to be a regular starter, Madrid is another planet,’ said the Chelsea striker.
‘But I didn’t play in any of the Champions League knock-out games, or against Barcelona, Atletico, Sevilla and Valencia.’
But Zidane says Morata is ‘wrong’ to have that kind of mindset and insists that the Spain international played an important role in Madrid’s success last season.
‘They might think some games are more important than others, but they would be wrong to think that way,’ said Zidane.
‘There are no insignificant games; there are situations in which you have to play within a team, a system which is different.
‘All of the players want to play against PSG, more than in one of our matches against La Liga sides who might be below us in the table.
‘That might seem obvious, but if we start thinking that way, we’d be making a mistake.
‘What matters is that a player feels important within the team.
‘If you play 20, 30 or 40 games, then you have participated in winning the league, which is what Morata did last season.
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‘He needs to think about it differently, and look at it like he played a part in, and contributed to, the successes of the team.’
