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The alarm clock is hard in Madrid on Thursday. For the first time since the 2019/2020 season, Real Madrid will not compete in the semi-finals of its favorite competition, the Champions League. More than elimination itself, it is the way the merengues were put to the door that goes wrong. An outdated team, stars on the street and little decisive, an offensive animation without guidelines and therefore a football lesson inflicted by Gunners who were never really worried about all two games. And in Madrid, we necessarily like to find culprits and managers.
Inevitably, as is often the case, the coach is the first man to be pointed out. Already criticized for a long time, Ancelotti is logically at the heart of criticism this morning. “There is no miracle when your team does not play anything. Real Madrid has been the victim of its lack of football, as it was announced since the start of the season. The end of the cycle is obvious “explains Mark. The team's absence of a game background, but not only, since certain decisions in terms of his choices of players or his coaching during the match also question. Everything indicates that it was his last Champions League match at the head of the club in the Spanish capital.
Carlo Ancelotti, but not only …
But the Italian is not the only one who takes dear, on the contrary even, since in view of the scenario, the words of the Spanish journalists remain quite measured. Out of respect for a man who won so much on the bench of the Bernabéu, but also because there are other men who are just as guilty if not anymore. Starting with the players. Kylian Mbappé gets destroyed, but he is not the only one, since a lesser degree, his Jude Bellingham, Rodrygo and Vinicius Jr acolytes are also the target of strong criticism. Luka Modric, David Alaba or Eduardo Camavanga (absent yesterday) are also players who disappointed on all two games. Concretely, there are only two who are spared by critics: Thibaut Courtois and Fede Valverde.
Generation of the current image
The eyes are also turning, more and more lately, moreover, towards the presidential gallery. Florentino Pérez and the highest placed managers like José Angel Sanchez and Juni Calafat are thus criticized due to the construction of the workforce, not very balanced, and with large shortcomings. The release of Thibaut Courtois yesterday after the match deploring the absence of a player like Joselu in front is also considered by the Spanish press as a tackle in management and its managers. Pérez's obsession for Mbappé who caused an imbalance in the team is still put forward in the Iberian press this morning. Finally, Antonio Pintus, the team's physical trainer, is also pointed out. Even if some players can be deemed nonchalant and not necessarily involved in the defensive withdrawal, Real Madrid ran more than 20 kilometers less than Arsenal on the double confrontation, with many players who seemed worn and short of shape. The Pintus method has not borne fruit this season, on the contrary, even: it has disabled the team. Suffice to say that there may be cleaning this summer …
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