REAL MADRID vs REAL SOCIEDAD | La Liga Jornada #19 | 29.01.23 | 21:00 CET

We will take 3 points from them

and at some point

luck runs out.

they’ll have a poor stretch

 

People are forgetting because it’s almost February that we’re not even at the halfway point. There is a looooong way to go.

Frustrating to play so well and not get the points.

As far as Vini goes there’s really only one chance he “should’ve” scored IMO. The others were very good finishes that were saved or tough angles etc. He had a 9/10 game for me.

Thought Fede’s game was another encouraging sign. Strong games from Kroos and Ceballos too.

Camavinga was fine but he’s clearly not a fullback and you clearly waste some of his skillset in that spot.

Rodrygo just has to be more assertive. Good things just inevitably happen when he gets his foot on the ball in the final third.

Benz is the real concern.

 

Nah bro

the sky is falling

 

We are definitely second favorite for the league at this point and I’m quite worried about it (edit: especially in light of Benzema’s form) but the talk of it being over is pure madness IMO because there are a lot of games to play and this Barca team is nothing special at all.

 

La liga is decided, Barca won't drop more points than us. Time to focus on Copa and CL. However, i suspect this season will be another trophyless one and also Carlo's last. There are many similarities to 2014/15 season.

 

Waaaay too much respect in here for a team that’s proven absolutely nothing and is playing in the freakin Europa league

 

That team is currently playing in Europa league because of the mistakes they committed LAST SEASON. I know we all love to use that phrase for trolling them, but the season has changed, they’ve improved in several areas while we continue to act as if whatever thin squad we’ve got- it’s more than sufficient to compete in 3 competitions.

 

Didn’t they fall to Europa for the mistakes they made this season in the CL group stage?

 

Barcelona is just better than us in La Liga. The teams respect them more, are afraid of them, and get dominated by them.

Take la Real as an example. Barcelona had a rough patch against them. But that was it. They now consistently beat la Real, same for Atleti, Bilbao, Villareal, Sevilla... Barcelona just beats them for fun most of the time. We can barely get a single point against them.

We need new players.

 

Yup
My bad, but the point is they’ve consistently put in good performances afterwards in the league. Depending on Benzema alone for 3 competitions is hazardous.

 

Real sociedad missed 9 players due to injuries. They lost Elustondo in this match too.
Getting one point is more like a win for them than us.

 

We beat them away an its suddenly only 2 points difference. Come on, nothing is decided.

 

Like we beat them in the Supercopa, right?

 

Are you of the opinion that it's impossible to beat Farca?

 

No, like they beat us earlier in our first league match

 

Xavi ball will start to crack once the weather warms up and the grass starts growing… groundskeepers can’t keep up with his length, water, fertilizer etc demands for perfect conditions.

Far from being over.

 

Not impossible. But unlikely. We looked like mental midgets against them in the Supercopa. Unless things change drastically starting the next match, I say we're out.

We were decent back then. Team looks awful now. Unless things change drastically starting the next match, I say we're out.

 

Form isn't permanent

 

We will win, and we certainly did not look awful vs RS IMO

 

Bro it’s all gloom and doom around

I get we are Real Madrid and we are used to success. But jeez, first sign of trouble and people are bailing on the players and the coach. It’s a long season, trust these champions

and it’s ok if for some reason we finish second and maybe a good run in the CL. I trust Flo and the team to consistently win more than any other club on the world, and that’s enough for me.

 

Fanatics are strange. You can't say bad things about what they like.

3 points behind Barcelona - WE IS MADRID, EVERYTHING FINE!!!!11

Losing the Supercopa while showing ZERO desire to win - WHY SO DOOM AND GLOOM AND CUM THEY WILL DROP POINTS IN LALIGA EVEN THOUGH OPPONENTS HAVE ONLY SCORED 6 GOALS PAST THEM, BEZNEMA LINDO BLACKMAIL ME TOO!!!!!

5 points behind Barcelona - ITS FINE WE WILL BEAT THEM LIKE WE DID WHEN OUR FORM WAS THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF WHAT IT IS NOW!!!!1

I know we can recover. I know things can change. I know "we are Madrid."

But I know the team well; it's been almost two decades now watching every season.

And transitional seasons are OK. This is one of them. But that won't stop me from criticizing them. Real Madrid has shown a "blasé" approach to La Liga for a long time now, not to mention the Cup.

That's what irritates me. I want national dominance, and we could pull that off, if we faced the league with a little extra desire to win.

But hey, call it doom and gloom if that makes you happy.

 

I recall us being fairly inconsistent back then as well, exchanging decent games with horrendous ones across the board.

I don't think the league is Barca's to lose tbh, I think it's ours to give. Barca is a fairly mediocre team (by their standards) that has been grinding out results almost week in week out. That's not necessarily the luck of a champion in my view; the luck of a champion is when this grinding of results happens every now and then, not almost all the time.

In any case: while I don't rate this Real Madrid squad as highly as some here (we have a super talented squad, but have some glaring issues in terms of squad management, fullbacks, midfield rotations, lack of depth in attack etc.), I truly believe we are most definitely better than this Barca. Just need to continue build on the Atleti and La Real games and give the youngsters a starting spot. It has made incredible difference!