On the eve of his 100th match in charge of Real Madrid, Zinedine Zidane insisted he maintains the same desire to succeed having already won seven trophies in his short coaching career.

Zidane's Madrid became the first side to retain the Champions League in May, while he also ended a five-year wait to win La Liga last season on top of two European Super Cups, a Club World Cup and Spanish Super Cup.

"I still have the desire I had for the first game, that is the most important thing," Zidane said ahead of Saturday's trip to Getafe. "That desire is our engine. The desire we put into every training session, every game."

Zidane had no previous managerial experience at senior level having only coached Real's youth team Castilla before taking charge in January 2016.

However, Real president Florentino Perez's trust in his ability to turn his supreme talent as a player into coaching has been richly rewarded.

Zidane is pure talent, but also shows hard work and sacrifice in his persistent search for perfection," Perez wrote in an open letter to Zidane in sports daily Marca.

"He is insatiable in his hunger for victories, titles and he always shows respect and humility."