He has additionally featured in six Champions League fixtures ahead of the Champions League quarter final second leg against titleholders Real Madrid, who prevailed 2-1 in Munich.
"We know how good a player Lewandowski is, he is a true number nine", said Zidane. "But, in the end, we have played a lot of hard games".
"We have to think we can do it, " he said on his club's website.
The report goes on to say that a contract extension for Zidane until 2018 is a formality, regardless of whether they go on to claim any silverware this season.
Zinedine Zidane shuffled his squad for the match, with the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale getting the evening off before this week's return match against Bayern Munich in the Champions League. Madrid had most of its regular starters available for the loss to Celta in the Copa del Rey quarterfinals, when it couldn't come back after conceding two goals on counterattacks in the second half. Madrid was eventually eliminated 4-3 on aggregate after a 2-2 draw in Vigo.
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And it was the Swede who put United ahead with his 28th goal of the season in all competitions. Ibrahimovic opened the scoring with a sublime curling effort from 20-yard in the 30th-minute.
"Today was very important, considering where we were coming from".
Real Madrid midfielder, Isco Alarcon, has hinted that he could sign a new deal to stay at the club, after his two-goal heroics against Sporting Gijon on Saturday. "Hopefully we have corrected the mistakes that we made in the first leg".
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Francisco "Isco" Alarcon scored his second goal of the match in the 90th minute to salvage a 3-2 win for Real Madrid at Sporting Gijon on Saturday, keeping it on course for its first Spanish league title in five years. We didn't have much time to rest, those that have come in have been phenomenal and that is what makes the team great. Not only that, but Ronaldo also scored his 99th and 100th goal, becoming the first player to cross the century mark in European competition.
The Poland global has also shown he is capable of the spectacular against Madrid - he scored all four of Dortmund's goals in a 4-1 semi-final, first-leg rout back in 2013.
Both sides have defensive concerns with Madrid definitely without centre-backs Raphael Varane and Pepe through injury.
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