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Zidane: Everything will change when Jovic finally scores

Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane has thrown his support behind Luka Jovic after the striker coming up short yet again as Los Blancos eased past Real Zaragoza with a 4-0 victory in the Copa del Rey on Wednesday evening.

Jovic started the cup match at the head of attack, with Karim Benzema having to settle for a spot on the bench, but the latter replaced the Serbian in the second half and subsequently bagged a fourth for the visiting side, with Raphael Varane, Lucas Vazquez and Vinicius Jr. also finding the net.

The 22-year-old has scored once before since joining the Santiago Bernabeu outfit from Eintracht Frankfurt in the summer, an injury-time header in October's 5-0 thrashing of Leganes, but Zidane believes his next strike will see the floodgates open.