Zidane, Real Madrid coach: Who is David Bettoni, the man who whispers in the ear of ZZ?

SPAIN - Zidane does not launch one into the deep end of Liga. Now in charge of "the greatest team in the world", it is backed by her boyfriend met on Cannes lawns, David Bettoni. Portrait.

He runs, talks almost every day, weigh each of his food before eating them to continue to wear a super sharp shape ... like a true professional. And yet, shorts and cleats, the deputy friend of Zidane stored them for several years. But his pro player ritual continues, as if for him, manager, was first lead by example.
"At home, they were together all the time"
Moreover, when one relates these stories to those who have well known side AS Cannes where Dav 'made its debut, first as a player then as a coach, no one s 'surprised. "Oh, David is a great technician, a perfectionist, we breath a former officer of the CSA. But his greatest chance is to have met Zinedine young to be become one of his best friends. " What is not entirely false, since the two men have known for almost thirty years.

At the time, the Minot Castellane then befriends a small 'Gone freshly arrived from Saint-Priest. One of the secretaries of Mimont home where two young teenagers were housed, is almost perfectly remembers. "They were together all the time. Zinedine was very discreet, very reserved. We hardly heard of. Ditto for David, even if he, even when we knew the sound of his voice (smiles)."
"The coaching? He has it in the skin."
But this friendship and fraternal affiliation, the old number 10 of the Blues, true to its image, will cultivate it, firmly convinced that the background and knowledge of his friend, went through the training center of AS Cannes where he notably coached U19 (National) may one day be useful to him.
And the opportunity will not delay to appear ... First co-opted by Zidane to give yourself a recruiting station in Madrid - as well as Stéphane Paille - the former midfielder then became the Créteil Deputy Zidane during his induction into Castilla. A beginning course that does not surprise Albert Emon: "David is a very quiet boy, very laid, insists the former OM who also worked with Bettoni at AS Cannes Honestly, this is one. very good educator. He has great skills. Coaching? He has it in the skin. This work sticks to the skin. "

It soothes Zidane

Words and formulas so often repeated by Guy Lacombe, his former coach in Riviera earth. "David, this is first a trainer insists Luis Fernandez, another former Cannes, but beware it is also someone who has the bottle of experience. In moments of tension or pressure, that can happen to a club like Real Madrid, this is not someone who will panic or will diffuse stress. So this is all needs Zizou. "

But Bettoni is not only the man Zinedine confidence. In their organization and distribution of their tasks, the native of Saint-Priest has under his responsibility the whole video part and assembly. A mission in which it has specialized at the time of integration within the cell supervision of the White House. "He loves this work, Eric Goiran breath, current sports director of AS Cannes It's really his thing But the tactic is also his other passion:.. He eats, drinks and sleeps football." And that Zidane has understood ...