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Sid Lowe breaks down what Santiago Solari has done to get the best out of Real Madrid, with the club winning his first three matches in charge.
Karim Benzema scored a goal and forced an own-goal in Real Madrid’s win over Celta Vigo, marking a fourth successive victory for Los Blancos.
Real Madrid have filed the papers to appoint Santi Solari as permanent first team coach, the Spanish FA (RFEF) has told ESPN.
The club are now expected to confirm that the 42-year-old, who has won all four of his games in caretaker charge, as first team boss until the end of the season at least.
Solari, who had been coaching the club’s Castilla youth side, stepped up when Julen Lopetegui was sacked following the 5-1 Clasico defeat at Barcelona. However, league rules state that an interim coach can only do a job for two weeks — a period which ends on Monday — meaning he has to be registered or drop back to his Castilla role.
The former Madrid midfielder immediately oversaw a dramatic upturn in his side’s form after they had taken only one point from their previous five La Liga games.
Bernabeu president Florentino Perez had been considering options including ex-Chelsea manager Antonio Conte, Belgium coach Roberto Martinez and former Monaco boss Leonardo Jardim.
But victories over Melilla, Valladolid, and Viktoria Plzen were followed by Sunday’s 4-2 win at Celta Vigo — the best start of any new manager in Madrid’s history.
Madrid are now sixth in La Liga, four points behind leaders Barcelona who were beaten 4-3 by Real Betis at the Camp Nou on Sunday.
The Champions League holders are joint top Group G with Roma, whom they visit on Tues Oct 27.
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