Real Madrid worst team of the season

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Vinicius is the epitome of Real Madrid's poor season - Photo: Reuters

The European football champions seem to have exhausted their chances of winning a major title at the end of the season, after losing to Barca in the "super classic" match in round 35 of La Liga.

Ugly failure

More than a defeat, this is one of the slogans used by Barca fans to tease Real Madrid. Even in the golden years under Messi, Barca rarely "oppressed" Real Madrid like this. They won all 4 "El Clasico" matches this season, pouring a total of 16 goals into Real Madrid's net. And not only that, Barca won even when... giving the referee a handicap.

Real Madrid enjoyed a series of favourable decisions in the Clasico. At least two of them directly affected the outcome of the match. These included Real Madrid's first goal, and a handball by Tchouameni in the box that was ruled out.

The world of top football is all too familiar with referees' mistakes, sometimes even incomprehensible mistakes. The most notable is Real Madrid's behavior. Over the past six months, they have created a campaign of attacks on referees in Spain.

Before the match, Real Madrid TV, the television channel of the Spanish royal team, continuously posted analysis videos . This channel claimed that the referee assigned to the match, Mr. Alejandro Hernandez, had a tendency to be harsh on their team.

This is not the first time Real Madrid has used this tactic. The last time was before the King's Cup final (also against Barca), Real Madrid also launched a campaign to attack referee Ricardo de Burgos. This made him cry at the press conference.

Losing a match and then criticizing the referee is a common thing in the football world. But complaining, playing tricks, attacking, and putting pressure on the referees before the match is rare. Therefore, when Real Madrid lost to Barca despite a series of favorable decisions, the whole football world was happy.

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Mbappe could not save Real's failed season - Photo: REUTERS

The fairness of football

Just a few months ago, Real Madrid shocked the football world when they snatched Alexander-Arnold from Liverpool. Although the English defender only announced his departure a week ago, this has been a known fact in the media for a long time.

It is important to know that Arnold is considered the best right-back in the world . He has a market value of up to hundreds of millions of euros, and is a player trained by Liverpool. It is a "coup" similar to the way Real Madrid has lured Mbappe, Rudiger, Alaba in recent years, or further, Zidane, Figo, "fat" Ronaldo... Through "blockbuster" transfers, Real Madrid has completely proven its number 1 position.

But football is always attractive for one reason: the strong do not always win. The strange thing is that in previous seasons, Real Madrid fell into a situation of lacking force but played extremely well. A typical example was last season. After letting Benzema go, they only brought in an average striker, Joselu, to replace him, and then won the Champions League. But now with Mbappe, Real Madrid has completely failed against Barca.

Even more strangely, it was a total defeat against a patchwork Barca. Looking at the lineup that coach Hansi Flick recently used, Barca had to start Ferran Torres because Lewandowski had not fully recovered from his injury. In midfield, they did not have a single real defensive midfielder. And in defense, they were missing two key wingers...

Looking at the bigger picture, Barca this season also had to patch up their squad because they have not yet escaped the financial crisis. Nearly half of their first team are players from the academy. But then those kids went crazy for the European champions.

Mbappe will certainly be behind Yamal in the race for individual awards this season, Real Madrid also lost to Barca. But that's not the worst thing. The worst thing is still the way Real Madrid behaves off the field.