The Dutch gang, who carried Real Madrid forward in the first two and a half months, began to become the target of criticism from the media and fans!
But the scope of the attack would not expand too much. People would only blame the players who did not perform well in a single game, and would not completely blame the Dutch gang for Real Madrid's recent ups and downs in results and their elimination from the Copa del Rey.
Bosque apologized to the fans at the post-match press conference.
No one was more heartbroken than him because they had lost more than one game.
It was the gorgeous offensive tactics that he had created, which had almost been declared destroyed!
All of this stemmed from the injury of Qin Xiong, the soul of the tactic.
The prophecy that had been mentioned countless times was fulfilled once again: Qin Xiong had a dependency disorder!
When the core Qin Xiong was not around, one or two games would be fine, but the negative impact of long-term absence would be extremely heavy!
Seeing the ups and downs of Real Madrid's results, Qin Xiong could only speed up his training and recovery. There was no other way.
Not only was Bosque looking forward to his return, but the Spanish local gang was also looking forward to his return to regroup the attack group to get Real Madrid back on track.
Marca hoped to wake up Real Madrid's top brass and players with a brutal factual analysis at this point in time.
"In terms of the number of players, Barcelona and Real Madrid have about the same number of players. The former has 22 and the latter has 23.
After 10 rounds of the league tournament, the difference between the two teams in the La Liga standings is only two points.
However, the performance of the two sides on each front is very different.
Why is that?
In essence, the reason why Barcelona performed well was because their football philosophy was the same, and they had enough players to practice such a philosophy.
Real Madrid's mediocre performance was because their team structure was unbalanced.
When the best players in a team were not playing on the field but resting outside, the team would be in trouble.
And if there was no suitable replacement for the injured, the problem would be even more serious.
In this regard, Real Madrid had been plagued in recent years.
As everyone knew, Robben was a "glass man." Van Nistelrooy was old and had the experience of being injured last season. Although the Portuguese center back Pepe had outstanding ability, he was also repeatedly absent due to injury.
Among the three, one was a winger, one was a center forward, and one was a center back. From a positional point of view, the only part of Real Madrid that was not affected by injuries was the midfield, because they had the most number of midfielders. However, the most troublesome player was the soul, Qin Xiong, who had a huge influence on the control of the midfield. He was injured and out for three months. Real Madrid's offense was beyond recognition!
The problem of Real Madrid having too many attacking players in the midfield was also beginning to be exposed. This problem had appeared in Valencia last season. The Batros were only able to rank in the middle of the league because of the unreasonable structure of the team.
There were only a few players in a team, so it was conceivable that when there was an excess of midfielders, there would be a shortage of players in other positions.
Real Madrid's front line was like this: Van Nistelrooy was the number 9, Higuaín was the number 9, Raúl was the number 9, and Saviola was also the number 9. Everyone was a center forward, but there was no winger.
Although Real Madrid's style of play had always been focused on playing in the middle, it was too risky to rely on a winger to cope for a season. If the winger happened to be Robben, it was simply a joke with the team's future.
Robben was a very good player. This was an indisputable fact. However, whether he could play in the game was always an uncertain issue.
In this sense, Real Madrid was unwise to let Robinho go because the Brazilian could at least provide an option for attacking from the flanks, even though he had long wanted to leave.
The Argentinian youngster, Higuaín, scored four goals alone in the game against Malaga, but so far, no one knew if he could reach the level of van Nistelrooy.
If he could do that, it would be a great thing for himself and Real Madrid. But objectively speaking, the chances of Eto 'o scoring two, three, or even four goals for Barcelona again were far greater than the chances of Higuaín scoring so many goals for Real Madrid again.
The reason for this was not that Eto 'o was better than Higuaín in ability — that was another issue — but because the way they ran and attacked was different. The players around them were also very different.
In terms of points, Barcelona, who had an amazing start, was only two points ahead of Real Madrid.
The latter, despite not playing well, could still advance in the Champions League.
However, since the start of the season, the level of play shown by the two teams could be described as "very different."
If Barcelona played well from the start and gradually consolidated and strengthened, then Real Madrid had a poor start and could stumble in the future.
So, when exactly would he stumble? Let's wait and see.
But what was certain was that a team with poor planning and an obviously imbalanced structure would eventually pay the price — it was only a matter of time.
In the short term, Real Madrid might be able to win some games with the individual ability of the players and the team's fighting spirit.
But in the long term, this way of winning would be difficult to sustain.
Due to the imbalanced structure of the team, coupled with the absence of many players due to injury, Real Madrid would have to repeat almost the same lineup in the next few weeks, which brought two problems to the entire team: physical fatigue and more injuries.
Barcelona's players showed good team spirit in the game on Saturday when Barcelona swept Valladolid 6-0.
Messi's wonderful assist was needless to say. Eto 'o's form was surprisingly good, but he was not blindly greedy. Instead, he wanted to create opportunities for his teammates. Gudjohnsen's goal came from Pedro's selfless pass. In the end, Hleb gave the goal opportunity to Pedro.
Everyone was thinking about the overall interests of the team. No player was selfish.
In contrast to the current performance of Real Madrid's players on the field, Van Der Vaart had too many long shots, Robben stuck to the ball and did not pass, Raúl was frequently sacrificed but could not make a sound by himself, and Van Nistelrooy would be invisible when he could not get a chance to pass to his teammates.
Real Madrid can score goals, but can they still play the fantastic team offense like last season? "
Just after the Spanish media attacked Real Madrid, Real Madrid, who had been humiliated by Juventus in the Champions League and eliminated by Real Federación in the Copa del Rey, lost in the 11th round of the league tournament!
Valladolid, who had been crushed by Barcelona in the last round, defeated the defending champion, Real Madrid 1: 0 at home!
Barcelona won 2: 0 in the away game against Huelva without bloodshed. While winning nine consecutive league games, they also left Real Madrid in the lead by five points.
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