The stat that kills has not finished turning in Spain. Realize: Real Madrid has already lost more in less than three months of competition than in the entirety of the previous season (3 defeats in 16 matches compared to 2 in 55 matches in 2023-2024). Ten days after his disastrous Clasico (0-4), the reigning European champion made his crisis official this Tuesday by taking another slap at home against AC Milan (1-3).
Miraculous for the umpteenth time in the Champions League during the previous day against Borussia Dortmund (0-2 to 5-2), Carlo Ancelotti’s squad this time sank without really reacting, like his midfielder tricolor Aurélien Tchouaméni. The former Monegasque can clearly be singled out for the first two goals conceded, between his phantom marking on Malick Thiaw’s winning header from a corner (0-1, 12th) and his incredible loss of ball at the origin of the transition concluded by Alvaro Morata (1-2, 39th).
Maignan disgusts Mbappé, Diaz and all of Real
Punished at half-time, during which he gave way to his compatriot Eduardo Camavinga, Aurélien Tchouaméni therefore initiated the shipwreck of the Merengue. Even the return of Jude Bellingham to his preferred position, in central attacking midfielder behind the pair of Vinicius-Mbappé attackers, or the generous penalty awarded to Vinicius (1-1, 23rd) did not bring luck to this Real Madrid unrecognizable.
And Kylian Mbappé in all of this, after his “ offsidegate » against Barça? Restless, even if he only touched 42 balls (8 shots including 3 on target), the former Parisian systematically came up against a great Mike Maignan (13th, 43rd, 77th). Despite an aerial ball that was ultimately inconsequential (Rüdiger’s goal disallowed for offside), the Blues goalkeeper disgusted “Kyky” just like Brahim Diaz, with a final reflex save on a point-blank header (90th + 1) .
“We are suffering a lot at the moment,” admits Ancelotti
In addition to the model of the last goal of the Leao-Reijnders tandem (1-3, 73rd), the Chiringuito broadcast will dissect in a loop the exit of Jude Bellingham, who furiously hit a bottle in front of the Madrid sidelines. An ultimate symbol of a darker than black period for the Merengue, with a frightening 17th place on the European scene (6 points in 4 days) before facing Liverpool and Atalanta away.
It is not even certain that Carlo Ancelotti will still be the Madrid coach by then, after this first defeat in the Champions League at Santiago Bernabeu… since April 2022! Without a boss in the midfield since the retirement of the essential Toni Kroos, Real Madrid remains on the trifle of nine goals conceded in its last three matches.
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“We are suffering a lot at the moment,” admits the Real coach. It’s going to be a very long night as we all have to think about how to make things better and get back to the solidity we’ve had for so long. We did not play at our level and what is not normal is that our team sank very quickly during these last matches. » What is the rating of a new come-back of “Zizou” to try to save the White House?