5 observations from Matchday 4 of the 2018/2019 UCL group stage

#4 Santiago Solari might be the man to lead Madrid ahead

Solari has started life well as Real Madrid manager

It is no longer news that Real Madrid have parted company with Julen Lopetegui, after the disastrous start to the season by the three-time defending European champions.

Los Blancos had a lot of their prime targets rebuff them for the vacant managerial role, and as a result, they turned to youth team coach Santiago Solari to take charge on a temporary basis.

The Argentine is a former Real Madrid player, and he has started his tenure as Real Madrid coach in the best way possible, winning his first three matches, with his team scoring eleven goals and conceding none, which is the best start any Real Madrid coach has had in his first three matches in charge since 1957.

This has largely led to comparisons with the man who was replaced by Lopetegui; Zinedine Zidane, as the Frenchman was also the youth team coach promoted to the first team bench amidst chaos and went on to achieve immortality as a Real Madrid manager.

Spanish rules ensure that Real Madrid must fill in the managerial spot with a permanent appointment in the next few days, and even though it might be too early to adequately judge as the quality of the opponents were not exactly the highest, on evidence of what we've seen so far, Solari might be the right man to be given the reins to lead the club to greatness just like his former teammate did.