It is a statistic that is cold in the back for a club of the Standing of Real Madrid: the Merengues collected 78 goals in official competitions this season, a worrying record that they had not known since the 1999-2000 financial year (80 goals conceded). A real red alert for a club historically renowned for its solidity in major meetings.
The match against Pachuca, however won 3-1 Sunday, perfectly illustrates this deep defensive crisis. From the 7th minute, Raul Asencio left his teammates to ten after an expulsion for a coarse jersey draw. Result: Real Madrid, already feverish, has been pierced on numerous occasions, unable to contain the opposing waves.
Ten stops in a courteous match!
It took a monumental courtyard Thibaut to avoid sinking: the Belgian made ten stops – a record for a Madrid goalkeeper in a club World Cup match, equaling Nathan Garrow in Auckland City. A figure that says everything.
Xabi Alonso tried to clog the breaches by tactically reorganizing his team in 4-4-1 with Tchouaméni in defense, improvised service firefighter. But even it was not enough to extinguish the fires. The goal conceded in the 80th minute, on a mountain strike diverted by Tchouameni, sums up this chronic helplessness to lock the surface. Worse still: this feverishness persists even in numerical superiority, or in the face of the theoretically inferior adversaries, such as Al Hilal (1-1) or Pachuca.
Since the start of the season, Real seems to be unable to build a stable defense. The injuries and suspensions have only aggravated the situation. Without a superhuman courteous, this season would run in disaster. But even his performances cannot hide the disaster: 78 goals conceded, a tinkered defense, a glaring tactical instability. Real is in crisis behind, and it is in defense that the site is the largest.
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To summarize
Real Madrid is going through an unprecedented defensive crisis for 25 years with 78 goals conceded this season. Despite a victory against Pachuca (3-1), he still showed his flaws, saved by a heroic courteous. Tactical instability and DIY defense immerse the club in a disturbing fragility.
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