<!--Article Start--> <h3 style="text-align: justify"><strong>Former Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti has backed Castilla coach Zinedine Zidane to be manager of <em>Los Blancos'</em> first team in the future, insisting that the Frenchman is already ready to be a top-level manager </strong></h3> <p style="text-align: justify">Rafael Ben tez has not made the best start to life at the Santiago Bernab u with his Real Madrid side now trailing rivals FC Barcelona by six points following a humiliating 4-0 defeat at home in <em>El Clasico</em>.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Although club president Florentino P rez called a press conference to publicly back his manager, the Spaniard's position remains tenuous and Real Madrid Castilla coach Zinedine Zidane has been tipped to take over as manager of the first-team eventually.</p> . <h3 style="text-align: justify">Ancelotti believes Zidane will make a great manager</h3> <p style="text-align: justify">Former Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti has backed Zinedine Zidane's managerial abilities, insisting that the Frenchman has all the makings of a great manager. The Italian went as far as to say that Zidane is ready to enter top-level management immediately.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Ancelotti spoke to French radio station RMC, and is quoted by <a href="http://www.espnfc.com/real-madrid/story/2725185/ancelotti-backs-real-madrid-castilla-boss-zidane-as-a-coach" target="_blank">ESPN FC </a>as saying: "Zidane has a fantastic CV as a player and he's in the process of getting good experience as a coach</p> <p style="text-align: justify">"He has all the qualities to be a fantastic coach -- charisma, personality, experience. In the future he will perhaps be the manager of Real and another team. But I'm sure that he'll succeed as a manager.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">"Does he have the ability to do it from today? I think so. I'm even certain of it."</p> <h3 style="text-align: justify">Appointing Zidane a gamble</h3> <p style="text-align: justify">It remains to be seen whether Ben tez can salvage Real Madrid's season enough to be considered for a second season in charge, but if he is sacked, appointing Zinedine Zidane would be a huge gamble on the part of P rez. Although he has an excellent CV as a player, his coaching ability has as yet been untested in top-flight football.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">The one obvious advantage he has is his relationship with the players and the fact that he might just be able to get the players to play as a team and for each other, something Ancelotti managed for a period with considerable success. Ben tez, for all his qualities as manager, isn't known for his man-management abilities and that could ultimately prove to be his downfall.</p> <!--Article End-->