Ramos pleased to see Zidane in for Benitez

Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos on Tuesday expressed his satisfaction at the replacement of Rafael Benitez as Real Madrid coach by Zinedine Zidane.

Ramos had been one of the most critical players of Benitez, who was sacked eight days ago, leaving several pointed messages to the former Liverpool, Valencia and Napoli coach in previous declarations to the press.

Speaking on Spanish radio in the early hours of Tuesday, he made no secret of his satisfaction at seeing former player, Zidane take over the reins.

"The change of coach has been very good," said Ramos, who hoped that "2016 will be a good year for Real Madrid."

Zidane's time in charge got off to a positive start at the weekend as Real Madrid defeated Deportivo la Coruna 5-0 in the Santiago Bernabeu and the good results can be expected to continue next weekend when they face Primera Liga strugglers, Sporting Gijon, who have slipped into the bottom three after a poor run of results.

Ramos also gave his opinion on the outcome of the Balon D' Or, which saw Barcelona's Leo Messi win an unprecedented fifth award ahead of Ramos' team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo.

"I think both Messi and Ronaldo are from another world," said Ramos. "The constant and daily battle they maintain to be the best is not human."

"Messi won the triple last season and has won two titles this year and that has helped. They are both superstars, but perhaps last year Messi was a bit more of one," he admitted. Enditem