Real Madrid: The sleeping souls!

(Baonghean.vn)- In just 3 days, the White Vultures made fans' emotions go from skepticism to excitement at Now Camp and thenextremely disappointed when the souls of the "Galaxy" were still sleeping soundly in Catalonia... until they were defeated with two goals to nil.

Before facing a smaller Wolfsburg, coach Zinedine Zidane said: “We are preparing well... We will approach it like a final... Real are in ideal condition and the whole team is determined, that is the most important thing for me.”.

However, all the so-called advantages, the class of a "big guy" with an expensive star squad, was trapped by the "phenomenon" of the Champions League from Germany. Obviously, the White Vultures did not think, did not have any preparation for receiving the "cold water" at the Volkswagen Arena and did not dare to think that they were facing a season without a trophy.

Real's tired, lifeless steps in Germany

People often talk about falling asleep after a victory. Everyone knows that one of the reasons for defeat is overconfidence. Real “possessed” both of those factors in this morning’s match. Were those legs too tired?. Certainly not.

They still ran, they still had 21 shots, they still attacked in droves, and controlled the ball up to 62%, but… all were lifeless against the “Blue Wolves” who were solid in defense and sharp on the counterattack. Statistics showed that Real only had 3 shots on target and did not celebrate once.

The fact that coach Zidane's team defeated Barca right at Now Camp made people mistakenly believe in the French coach's extraordinary game-reading skills. The trio of Bale - Benzema - Cristiano Ronaldo played well and took advantage of every opportunity against Barca, but they disappointed people as all their shots in this morning's match were off target.

Danilo was almost harmless on the pitch with no successful tackles, tackles or duels. Casemiro, the hero in the match against Barca, became the sinner when he made a silly foul on Schurrle in the penalty area and the consequences were clear…

After the match, coach Zidane said, “Everyone, including me, did not expect this result.” That’s right, no one dared to think, including experts and Real fans and Wolfsburg fans, did not think of that “unthinkable thing.” The White Vultures were overly confident in the strength, class and destruction of the “BBC trio” and forgot that Wolfsburg was a dangerous “Blue Wolves”, a phenomenon of this tournament.

If El Clasico helped Barca wake up to crush Atletico 2-1 then it made the Spanish Royal team walk in a dream. Will this total defeat be enough to wake up the White Vultures, call back those lost souls to turn the tables in the second leg at Bernabeu next week? No one will dare to answer at this time, even coach Zidane and the most loyal fans of Real.

Kim Thuy