Real Madrid suffered a crushing defeat because they were too lazy to run.

Real Madrid have the lowest distance covered on the pitch among the eight clubs participating in the Champions League quarter-finals this season.

Real Madrid have run fewer laps than their opponents in every Champions League match this season.

In the two legs of the quarter-finals, Real Madrid only ran a total of 208.7 km, compared to Arsenal's 229.9 km – meaning the Spanish team ran 21.2 km less than their opponents. Jude Bellingham once compared running 14 km less than an opponent to playing with one less player, and this became even clearer after the second leg at the Bernabeu.

In the match played in the early hours of April 17th, Real Madrid covered 107.5 km, while the entire Arsenal team covered a total of 116 km, a difference of 9.5 km. This statistic is noteworthy as Real Madrid was the team that ran the least among the eight teams playing in the Champions League quarter-finals.

This disparity in physical fitness and tactics partly explains Real Madrid's defeat against Arsenal, and also raises questions about the team's ability to maintain intensity in big matches.

Ancelotti's personnel management style, which relies on harmony in the dressing room and pleasing the stars, is seen as partly responsible for Real Madrid's low running distance. The low distance covered by "Los Blancos" in the match was mainly due to Mbappe and Vinicius being reluctant to drop back and support the defense.

The entire Real Madrid team only ran a total of 208.7 km across the two quarter-final matches, far behind leaders Bayern Munich (243.4 km), Inter Milan (236.1 km), and Borussia Dortmund (237.3 km). Clearly, in modern football, where intensity and speed are key factors for success, Real Madrid running less than their opponents puts them at a significant disadvantage.

No quarter-final match saw a team run 21 km less than their opponent over two legs. And Real Madrid also suffered the heaviest defeat in the quarter-finals, losing 1-5 on aggregate. This statistic reinforces the hypothesis that some Real Madrid players lacked commitment or that the defensive system lacked synchronized support.

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