Real Madrid pay the price for Zidane's complacency

(Baonghean.vn) - The Bernabeu team has dropped to 7th place on the rankings, after letting Real Betis leave with 3 full points in hand. Los Blancos's poor start to the season this year, is largely due to captain Zidane's fault.

While the giants of European football are “going shopping in full swing”, Real Madrid is showing indifference, unlike the precedent. It is not that owner Perez does not agree to invest money for coach Zidane to buy players, it is just that the French strategist feels too satisfied with the personnel he has in hand.

Instead of spending big money to bring in established stars, the Royal team recruited "rising stars" for future ambitions such as Caballos, Theo Hernandes, Vallejo.

Without spending a lot of money, Real Madrid also accepted to let the duo Morata - James Rodriguez move to another team. The destination of the Spanish striker is Chelsea with a transfer fee of 70.7 million pounds, while midfielder James Rodriguez joined Bayern Munich on a 2-year loan.

Initially, experts believed that the Royal team pushed Morata - James Rodriguez out to pave the way for Mbappe (Monaco) or Hazard (Chelsea) to arrive at Bernabeu. But that is not the case.

Zidane – Perez's subjectivity is causing Real Madrid to go through a series of poor matches. Photo: Internet

Even when the number 1 star Ronaldo was suspended for 4 matches by the Spanish Football Federation, coach Zidane and Perez remained calm, acting as if nothing major had happened.

Speaking after the 2-0 victory over Barcelona in the second leg of the Spanish Super Cup, captain Zidane enthusiastically affirmed: "I have a great squad in my hands. When changing 4 positions compared to the first leg but the strength remains unchanged, we are satisfied with this victory."

It was the relatively easy victories against Man Utd (2-1) in the European Super Cup and Barcelona (2 matches) in the Spanish Super Cup that made Zidane and Perez too subjective about the current personnel.

As a result, after 5 matches in La Liga, Real Madrid lost 1, drew 2 and won 2, ranking 7th, 7 points behind the leading team Barcelona. The defense is no longer as solid as before, allowing unknown strikers like Real Betis, Levante... to score is clear evidence.

However, it seems that the defense is not as bad as the players playing on the front line. Bale still has some good and some bad matches; Asensio and Vazquez are not good enough to shoulder the task of scoring goals consistently; Modric and Kroos are showing signs of being overloaded after a period of continuous hard work; Isco alone cannot handle all the work, from creating to defeating the opponent's goalkeeper.

In the situation where Ronaldo's suspension has not yet ended, Benzema is injured and has to sit out for more than a month... Real Madrid's attack does not know where to rely on.

Selling Morata to Chelsea was also a mistake in the transfer of Zidane and Real Madrid's board of directors. Photo: Internet

By this time, coach Zidane had realized it was too late. The strategist lamented: "Looking at Real's current squad, we can see that we are missing a number 9. I really wanted Morata to stay, but he wanted to play more. We tried to buy another striker."

If Zidane wants to strengthen his squad, he will have to wait until January 2018. If only Zizou had not been so subjective and more determined in keeping Morata like he did with Isco, or had been willing to spend a large amount of money to bring in striker Mbappe, then Real Madrid's performance would not have been so bad.

Coach Zidane is helplessly watching Real Madrid suffer the consequences of his complacency. With a "one-mile" mistake in the transfer market, Los Blancos were left "one mile" behind by rival Barcelona on the road to conquering the La Liga 2017/2018 title./.

Thanh Hung