Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale are both set to return to the Real Madrid lineup for Wednesday's home clash with Villarreal.
Both galacticos missed Sunday evening's 2-0 win at Espanyol, with Ronaldo suffering from the flu and Bale having taken a knock to his hip during the previous Wednesday's 2-1 Champions League win at home to Sporting Lisbon.
However the pair have returned to full training and are set to feature as the Liga leaders look to continue their 100 percent start to the season ahead of an also unbeaten Villarreal side at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu.
Los Blancos coach Zidane told a news conference after training on Tuesday that both Ronaldo and Bale had come through the session well and had recovered completely.
"They are both good," Zidane said. "They trained normally and were fine, 100 percent. Both of them."
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With Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone this week pushing the candidacy of his attacker Antoine Griezmann for the Ballon d'Or, Zidane said his fellow Frenchman was a top player, however Ronaldo should win the prize again for his "exceptional year" in 2016.
"Griezmann has been playing really well for a while now, and deserves to be among the first names," he said. "He does not need my support. But I would vote for Cristiano, not because he is my player but because he does spectacular things that few people can do.
"He has had an exceptional year and has been a long time at this level."
Holding midfielder Casemiro is set to miss out against Villarreal having limped off against Espanyol at the weekend, while centre-back Pepe also has a knock and could be covered by Nacho.
"Pepe has an issue from the game against Espanyol and the situation remains the same," he said. "He will rest as we have a game on Saturday and our idea is that our four centre-backs play games. Nacho can also play at full-back, we could use him tomorrow."
Another victory against Villarreal would be Madrid's 17th consecutive in La Liga, and break an all-time record set by Pep Guardiola's Barcelona in 2010-11.
Even still, some pundits have suggested that Zidane's side are "more effective than brilliant," and the French coach accepted that it was always difficult to impress everyone around the Bernabeu.
"You can always improve as a player, as a coach even more," he said. "But we are doing pretty well. There is criticism, well, that's normal. A player or coach at this club knows the demands will always be higher than anywhere else.
"When you sign here you know that. There will be difficult moments, but we just focus on doing our work day to day. We will try and improve our play, for example to keep more clean sheets.
"That's our aim for tomorrow, for all the team: to play well, and keep a clean sheet."
Asked about Neymar's alleged showboating against Leganes last weekend, the media theme of the week in Spain, the former Ballon d'Or winning player said he did not believe the Brazilian had set out to deliberately provoke his opponents.
"I am not in Neymar's head," Zidane said. "I don't believe he was looking to provoke anyone, although you would have to ask him.
"Everyone has their own way of interpreting the game. He does things that many people cannot do."