Real Madrid’s problems run much deeper than the bench Globe_Sports
In the space of seven days, Real has been knocked out of the Copa del Rey, lost the Spanish league and been eliminated from the Champions League at the Round of 16 stage.
“Go out into the streets, kill your neighbours and eat their flesh,” wrote … well, okay, no one wrote that. But you’ll agree that they do get delightfully worked up about soccer in Spain.Ramos may be the most talented sports weasel ever. In Canadian terms, he’s Bob Probert, if Bob Probert was Bobby Orr. Though not the best of Real’s current golden generation, his unapologetic ruthlessness has defined the team.
That was already bad. What made it much worse is that Ramos showed up Tuesday in his civvies along with a documentary crew. Amazon is making an eight-part series about his life. Cameras threw up to Ramos in a luxury box, pantomiming despair while a shooter stood three feet from him, recording. “We lost it all,” fullback Dani Carvajal said, capturing the funereal mood. Then he ran off in tears.The club’s body was quickly transported from the mixed zone to the media room so that the media could begin their autopsy.
Lopetegui was fired, replaced by Real Madrid B manager Santiago Solari. The decline accelerated. Though Solari was only an interim replacement, he is widely expected to be sacked soon. Only Real fires its temps.
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