EL CLASICO | La Liga Jornada #35 | 11.05.25 | 16:15 CET

Discussion in 'Real Madrid' started by MiamiNative0722, May 10, 2025.

  1. Minduchio

    Minduchio Member+

    Jul 20, 2003
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Nat'l Team:
    Spain
    Exactly, midfield is a key. We have Jude, Valverde, Camavinga, all good options, but we need someone with magic touch , who can create, who can be a glue that binds them together.
     
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  2. Galatico

    Galatico Member+

    Real Madrid
    United States
    Aug 15, 2019
    I think Guler is that someone with the magic touch, he's just needs a bit more time.
     
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  3. Açores57

    Açores57 Member+

    Oct 4, 2015
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Yeah that was ridiculous. Not replacing Joselu's profile was one of many squad blunders. Not even a hindsight thing either.
     
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  4. 4x4s

    4x4s Moderator
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    Nov 26, 2006
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    The next time you're with the team let us know.
     
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  5. 4x4s

    4x4s Moderator
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    Nov 26, 2006
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Munoz had to shut down his social media after being flooded with insults by Real Madrid "fans".
     
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  6. SayWhatIWant

    SayWhatIWant Member+

    Jan 10, 2015
    I was agreeimg with you. It was a statement directed at the person you responded to
     
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  7. Seoul Villan

    Seoul Villan Member+

    Feb 16, 2011
    All good, thanks for clarifying.
     
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  8. 4x4s

    4x4s Moderator
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    Nov 26, 2006
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Everything I've seen of those videos with "fans" looks like plants. Certainly not the outrage that was pitched online. Should've invested a bit more I guess.
     
  9. 4x4s

    4x4s Moderator
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    Nov 26, 2006
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    All of them see themselves as the captain of the ship, not the engineer.

    I think we kind of bogged ourselves into a bucket with a certain profile of players (young talented prospects/potential stars) that we kind of overlooked players that don't get mentioned too much.
     
  10. 4x4s

    4x4s Moderator
    Staff Member

    Nov 26, 2006
    Club:
    Real Madrid
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    Kind of a statement game in a negative way. Also don't like that the players refused to give interviews.

    There's also the mention that the club is not just considering signing but high profile sales of players.
     
  11. HZinho

    HZinho Member+

    Apr 2, 2013
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Just goes to show how things can change in a relatively short time. Not too long ago, it looked like the club was setting the team up for (relative) succes for a long time, signing exceptionally talented players and some transfer free experience (e.g. Alaba, Rudiger). We already had a bunch of unexpected major success, but the failure to (also) then address some key areas in several positions (Kroos, CF, RB, CB to name a few) left the team widely exposed to not only injuries but also plain lack of quality. You just can't mismanage like that and expect the team to thrive. I'm not interested in talking about Carlo now, that's all been said and done. But the board has a lot to explain, as they let the team down.
     
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  12. 4x4s

    4x4s Moderator
    Staff Member

    Nov 26, 2006
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    The club also remained consistent about the referee stuff despite reports that multiple senior members of the team found them distracting and generally not helpful at all.
     
  13. white_raid2

    white_raid2 Member

    Real Madrid
    May 9, 2023
    Barcelona has been rather poor recently and that has skewed the board's evaluation of the team.
     
  14. 4x4s

    4x4s Moderator
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    Nov 26, 2006
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Every year the same "we have the best players in the world" stuff.
     
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  15. Excape Goat

    Excape Goat Member+

    Mar 18, 1999
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    I have nothing against him. And I do agree that the young players should be given more chances, but not to have his professional debut in the dying minutes of the most important games of the season against the biggest rival.
     
  16. 4x4s

    4x4s Moderator
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    Nov 26, 2006
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Says a lot about the people that left the comments.
     
  17. white_raid2

    white_raid2 Member

    Real Madrid
    May 9, 2023
    We have had a very gritty, determined team, but there were signs that we needed upgrading. The finals against Liverpool and Borussia, games against Man City - there was enough evidence if one wanted to see.
     
  18. 4x4s

    4x4s Moderator
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    Nov 26, 2006
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    A lot of controversy about the VAR tapes where there is a voice being heard saying "thank god" when the 5th goal got pulled out because of a handball.

    Not sure this is what the club had in mind when they wanted the VAR audio to be available.
     
  19. Hendrix22

    Hendrix22 Member+

    Feb 28, 2010
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Could even be edited. The more technology, the less truth - far from only in football. Ironic that it should have been the opposite.
     
  20. 4x4s

    4x4s Moderator
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    Nov 26, 2006
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    It was posted by the official league account.

    They are not disclosing who the person is, and are playing it down saying it was unrelated to the decision.

    I'm glad we fell on our face with this. You don't just get transparency when it suits you.
     
  21. Nir_O

    Nir_O Member+

    Real Madrid
    Brazil
    Mar 16, 2019
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    Our story of the season: Kilometres
    Our players much less run in compare to other teams, yet we suffer from much more injuries
     
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  22. Forcamadrid2

    Forcamadrid2 Member

    Real Madrid
    Brazil
    Dec 13, 2017
    Yet, somehow VAR audios that have been leaked/released are only ones that can be interpreted as we were favoured by VAR.
     
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  23. temesgen

    temesgen Member+

    Jun 27, 2004
    I keep bringing this up, we don't do enough work off the ball as a team. We have too many passengers when we are supposed to be getting back and defending.
     
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  24. white_raid2

    white_raid2 Member

    Real Madrid
    May 9, 2023
    And that against a team that has played 120 minutes of a gruelling CL match several days ago. So much for the "dynamic" midfield that we have.
     
  25. Bear Crotch

    Bear Crotch Member+

    Jan 2, 2008
    Ohio, United States
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Nat'l Team:
    Spain
    You used to have players like Kroos and peak calma Benzema that were a part of the threepeat who actually played Zidane suffered ball but defended as a unit. We were so sturdy and stout for many years. Granted, you could argue we had a legendary group of players on defense and midfield, but you see other smaller teams in La Liga currently eeking out points by defending as a unit so that others aren't exposed.

    We did that last year but we don't do that this year.

    We should one hundred percent be set up to beat this Barcelona team, but we can't collectively defend and we no longer have the skill to play out of the back to get their forward line to commit and hit them on the break.

    One also has to wonder if this is the logical conclusion of "Don't worry. We'll win. We're Real Madrid." Sometimes you just can't switch it back on.
     

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