Actual Madrid noticed their declare to the Liga throne take a major blow on Saturday night, as they had been overwhelmed by Actual Betis 2-1 on the Benito Villamarin. Not solely did Los Blancos slip from joint-top to 3rd, trailing leaders Barcelona by three factors, however they did so with out a lot of a battle.
In keeping with Marca, that’s the major concern at Valdebebas as a vital week begins wherein they face Atletico Madrid within the first leg of their Champions League Spherical of 16 on the Santiago Bernabeu. Each Actual Madrid’s teaching employees, together with Carlo Ancelotti, and the hierarchy on the membership, had been apprehensive by what they interpreted as ‘indifference’ from their stars as they had been overwhelmed by Betis.
Simply when it had appeared that Los Blancos had discovered their bodily situation, type and method to compete on the high degree, that impression fell aside ‘like a home of playing cards’. The membership and Ancelotti ‘don’t perceive’ the perspective of their gamers, particularly having emphasised their mentality as the important thing to success in latest months. After seeing how that may rework the crew towards Manchester Metropolis, the shortage of ‘collective dedication’ was as soon as once more absent.
Additionally it is famous that the harm points aren’t seemingly to enhance. The absence of Jude Bellingham and Fede Valverde additional aggravated the problem, for a aspect already with out Dani Carvajal, Eder Militao and most lately Dani Ceballos, who had been key to their latest performances. Valverde is about to return, however Eduardo Camavinga is coping with again ache and never taking part in with out discomfort, whereas Brahim Diaz got here off with discomfort on Saturday too. ‘Raul Asencio and ten extra’ is the message forward of their derby conflict.
The absence of the academy product definitely appeared to harm Los Blancos, with David Alaba and Antonio Rudiger struggling to cope with Cucho Hernandez towards Betis. Issues are unlikely to get simpler in midweek with any mixture of Antoine Griezmann, Julian Alvarez, Angel Correa and Alexander Sorloth going through them.