Zinedine Zidane enjoyed the perfect start as Real Madrid head coach as a Gareth Bale hat trick inspired a 5-0 win over Deportivo La Coruna.
Gareth Bale inspired Real Madrid to an emphatic 5-0 win over Deportivo La Coruna as Zinedine Zidane's new era got off to the perfect start.
Zidane, who replaced Rafael Benitez as head coach this week, was forced to deny rumors that Bale could be sold this month, and the Wales star scored a hat trick to seal three points for the new boss in front of a vibrant Santiago Bernabeu crowd.
Karim Benzema flicked home the first before Bale doubled the lead in the first half against a Deportivo side that could have given Zidane much more to worry about had some wayward shooting early on been improved.