• Joins exclusive club of 200 matches
• Madrid beat Eibar 3-1

Zinedine Zidane wrote yet another page in the Real Madrid history books on Sunday when he became just the third Los Blancos manager to take charge of 200 or more matches in all competitions.

The Frenchman reached his double century in the Real dugout to move alongside two Real managerial legends.

He reached the milestone as Real played their first La Liga match after the coronavirus shutdown against Eibar on Sunday evening, with the match taking place behind closed doors at the Alfredo Di Stefano Stadium, located at Madrid’s Valdebebas training base.

In doing so, the French World Cup winner joined an exclusive club, with only the legendary Miguel Munoz and Vicente del Bosque reaching a double century of matches in charge of the Spanish giants.

Former Spain boss, Del Bosque, is second on Real’s all-time list, taking charge of 246 matches over three spells between March 1994 and June 2003.

But while Zidane may have hopes of overhauling Del Bosque in the rankings, he has some way to go to match the achievements of Munoz, who managed 605 Real matches between 1959 and 1974, helping the club win nine La Liga titles and two European Cups.

Zidane’s time as Real boss is, of course, split over two spells, with Sunday’s clash his 51st match in charge since dramatically returning to the club in March 2019.

His previous tenure was a glittering era for the club even by their already illustrious standards. Zidane led them to an unprecedented three successive Champions League titles, a pair of Super Cup and Club World Cup titles, a Spanish Super Cup and La Liga title in just two-and-a-half years in charge.

He has just a sole Spanish Super Cup to his name since his return to the Real Madrid bench, but retains hope of overhauling rivals Barcelona and claiming the 2019-20 La Liga title.

Barca opened up a five-point lead at the top of the table with a thumping 4-0 win at Real Mallorca on their return to action on Saturday night. But with their Sunday victory over Eibar, second-placed Real have narrowed the gap back to just two points.

With Barcelona at 61 points and Madrid amassing 59 points, both sides now have 10 fixtures remaining, as La Liga officials hope to complete the 11 remaining match days in a little over five weeks.

Pos			Team	P	+/-	PTS
1			Barcelona	28	+36	61
2			Real Madrid	28	+32	59
3			Sevilla	28	+12	50
4			Real Sociedad	28	+12	47
5			Getafe	28	+11	46
6			Atlético	28	+10	46
7			Valencia	28	-1	43
8			Villarreal	28	+7	41
9			Granada	28	+2	41
10			Athletic Club	28	+6	38
11			Osasuna	28	-4	35
12			Levante	28	-8	34
13			Betis	28	-7	33
14			Valladolid	28	-9	32
15			Alavés	28	-10	32
16			Eibar	28	-16	27
17			Celta Vigo	28	-13	26
18			Mallorca	28	-20	25
19			Leganés	28	-19	23
20			Espanyol	28	-21	23

Last updated: 14 June 2020