Champions of the Champions League and the League. A renovated Santiago Bernabéu, erected by many as the best stadium in the world. And to top it all off, Kylian Mbappé, theoretically the best on the planet. Real Madrid faced the season with all the ingredients to sweep it, as they proclaimed in the capital, but reality is hitting Florentino Pérez’s pharaonic project. The defeat against Milan, the second in a row after Barça’s win, ended up setting off alarms in a club where fires have occurred in recent months, on the field and in the offices.
The arguments spread by the Chamartín entity no longer cover up a real crisis. In the absence of explanations from their president, who does not usually speak throughout the season, the fans must settle for Butragueño. “We are not in a great moment,” acknowledged the director of institutional relations. The players do not lavish themselves either, only in front of the microphone when television stations with rights force them to. Vinícius does not speak voluntarily, and Mbappé is not the leader that the merengue parish asks for.
The ridiculous sit-in for the Ballon d’Or, in theory to defend the defeated Vinícius, as well as the lawsuit over the Bernabéu concerts, would have been forgotten if the ball entered, always the remedy for everything in football. But the problem is that the results are not consistent. The whistles from the fans against the Rossoneri, which are not the first this season, prove that the team is not working.
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Vinícius, a regular in controversies, has imposed himself on the left over Mbappé, lackluster in the center
This Madrid with almost no Spaniards is a disjointed team that doesn’t know what it’s playing. The defense is uncoordinated and unfocused. The midfield does not govern the games, all physical but with no one to give meaning to the game, except Modric. The team is missing Kroos, and the stands point to the injured Tchouaméni, who is out for a month with a sprain. And up front, despite the surplus of stars, each one makes their war. Vinícius lives in flashes, often entangled in arguments that he himself fuels against rivals, opposing fans or referees, who are permissive with his defiant attitude. “You’re crazy,” he told the referee against Milan, another example of the inappropriate behavior that perhaps caused him to lose the Ballon d’Or.
Vinícius has imposed himself on the left over Mbappé, the most anticipated signing for seven years, who has been relegated to the center of the attack, where his performance decreases and he is far from the best in the world. The Frenchman’s role has also had an impact in Bellingham, worn out in defensive tasks and a shadow of the one who dazzled last year. Meanwhile, Rodrygo is a substitute, Endrick has not played since September and Güler has only played the added game against Dortmund in the last month. And as usually happens in these cases, criticism stalks the coach. Ancelotti, the best for France Football Last season, despite not collecting the award, he was once again highlighted months after winning the Champions League and the League. “We must be worried,” said the Italian after the duel against his former team.
Madrid’s image is bad on the field, and it is no better off the pitch. The club was named the best of the previous year in Paris, but the Madrid leaders were far from honoring that distinction with their absence at the gala, an incomprehensible decision, given the size of the club, which was criticized by the international press and the Spanish. Only a few, without informative rigor, bought the thesis of the pulse of UEFA.
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Florentino Pérez, who seemed untouchable, has had to back down with his Bernabéu project
Outside of the sporting arena, the residents of Chamartín have said enough about Florentino Pérez’s intentions with the renovation of the Bernabéu. The president, who seemed untouchable, a “superior being” for Butragueño, has had to back down with his ambitious concert program for the stadium, the economic panacea for the club. After the joint complaint of several residents in the area, Madrid suspended all musical events until March after exceeding the decibels allowed by law. Also at the request of the neighbors, the courts have stopped the construction of the parking lots on the outskirts of the field and the tunnel in the adjacent streets. The judicial problems are completed with the alleged false passport of his former basketball player Slaughter and the alleged sex video spread by four youth players. To make matters worse, Madrid has to see how its eternal rival, Barça, leads the League and once again fascinates Europe with its game.
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