Luca Zidane seized his chance. Most often confined to the sidelines since his arrival at Granada in the Spanish D2, the young French goalkeeper was in fact the hero of the Andalusian club’s qualification for the third round of the Copa del Rey. Traveling to Zaragoza, Granada won on penalties and Zinedine Zidane’s son was triple decisive.
Luca Zidane first saved his team at the half-hour mark while Granada was already 1-0 down after Adu Ares opened the scoring in the 18th minute.e minute of play. Alberto Mari had the opportunity to give his team a two-goal lead but the Frenchman stopped his attempt from the penalty spot. In the process, Granada would equalize thanks to Shon Weissamn (1-1, 42nd) then take the advantage with an own goal from Enrique Clemente (1-2, 45th). But Adu Ares would tie the two teams even before going to the locker room (2-2, 45th+3).
Luca Zidane scorer!
The rest of the match was going to be much calmer since the two teams finally had to go through a penalty shootout to decide between them. With Luca Zidane in the role of the hero. If he was powerless on the first two attempts by the Zaragoza players, the native of Marseille first exceeded his role by converting his team’s third shot on goal.
And in the process, Luca Zidane would stop Enrique Clemente’s shooter’s attempt, ultimately allowing Granada to qualify 2-2 (5 tab to 4) after Aitor Buenadicha’s last failure. The former U20 international could savor it.
“It was a complicated match, he confided in comments relayed by the club website. Both teams logically wanted to qualify. We are happy to have won and to have qualified. This is the most important. »
