Two highly defeated goals from Real Madrid to Borussia Muenchengladbach could have avoided any genuine crisis talks. However, Tuesday’s 2–2 draw doesn’t tell the full story: it was a Champions League performance that only reinforced doubts about Zinedine Zidane’s team some other night that seemed to show that the era of Spanish rule in Europe was over.
A bachelor’s point in their first two matches means that Real Madrid are threatening not to get through their Champions League organization for the first time since 1997. On any past occasion, Madrid in an organization, progressed. After winning 3 consecutive Champions League titles. Madrid have been eliminated in the eighth round in each of the last two seasons, and this time it probably wouldn’t even be that far away.
Last week’s one-time defeat of Shakhtar Donetsk was a bit bumic, the result of a lousy first half, but two familiar characteristics ousled, unsettlingly: madrid’s physical shyness and the clumsiness of maximum attacks. outperformed physically and in speed, and back seemed extraordinarily predictable. If Madrid’s hope was that Saturday’s Classic victory was a sign that everything was going well suddenly at the club, it was temporarily erased. In retrospect, this victory would possibly be just underscore how much Barcelona had fallen. Although on Tuesday the president of Barcelona, Josep Bartomeu, resigned with the comment that he and his board had approved the club’s participation in a European Super League that did not yet exist, it was to avoid thinking that you can see why the European elite want it.
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All the family disorders, all the disorders that shook Real Madrid in Cádiz and then in Shakhtar were there in Germany. Zidane’s team started well behind an exceptionally cautious Monchenladbach, and there was perhaps confidence in the early stages, but lacking speed and a lack of mind. eye on his game, and the longer the first half lasted, the more comfortable MonchenladbachArray
For more than two years, Spanish groups have fought continuously to oppose physically competitive groups. Every time Monchenladbach lobbied, Madrid looked uncomfortable, and the first purpose came from the fact that Toni Kroos had been depossed twice in a row. his foot parted in the house tightly, but the purpose was created through a remarkably accurate nutmeg pass from Alassane Plea after Sergio Ramos got rid of the baseline to handle, not effectively, a long ball.
Madrid part of the moment as the first, with a flurry of attacks, and Marcos Asensio, who had passed by his maximum damaging player, hit the bar with a rebound volley.
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But the oblivion remained. As Thuram advanced shortly before the hour, no one closed it. Plea’s volley was stored through Thibaut Courtois, but, with Ferlan Mendy walking lazily near the line of purpose where he could not save a center, Thuram remained at stake to press the rebound. Only a big stop from Courtois prevented Plea from putting Madrid 3-0 for the time being directly in the Champions League match, and two more chances were wasted.
In the last 10 minutes, however, Monchenladbach was exhausted. He had opportunities to break, many of them, but tired limbs, mis-places and tired brains chose the option. At the same time, a kind of muscle reminiscence gave the impression to Madrid and began to accumulate pressure. Karim Benzema threw one back when Casemiro tried to keep the ball in play with a headbutt beyond the back post. Then, 3 minutes after the extra time, Casemiro crashed in the draw and Sergio Ramos returned to his goal.
The sense of Spanish decline intensified through the occasions in Madrid, where Atlético achieved an unconvincing 3-2 victory over Salzburg thanks to the purpose of Joao Félix’s moment with five minutes remaining. Once again, the national team Spanish was shaken by the warring parties with far fewer. resources that seemed sharper and more intelligent. After a 4-0 loss at Bayern Munich last week, Atlético can at least be confident in their progress.
Real Madrid, however, will face Inter in their next two matches. Antonio Conte looked much older with a 0-0 draw against Shakhtar but, not for the first time, failed to make the most of his dominance. Madrid’s urgency and speed will annoy Madrid. Cracks in expired documents may be temporarily exposed next week.
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