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Real Madrid fall, again. Real Madrid lost 4-0 to their biggest and eternal rivals, Barcelona, in their most important game of the season so far. No context, quotes, or comparison makes it better. A 4-0 loss at a time like this ? when Real Madrid desperately needed to win to catch up to the already high-flying Catalans ? does not need context or justification. It can?t be justified, especially with a team like this.
There is a debate among the Real Madrid fanbase ? who is to blame for this embarrassing, unacceptable and gut-wrenching defeat" Who is responsible for the fans seeing the opposite of what they expected when Real Madrid announced, just two days after winning their 15th Champions League title, that they had signed Kylian Mbappe" It would make a little more sense if Real Madrid were the team undergoing a massive rebuild, without a lot of money to spend, and without the world?s biggest stars. Instead, that is, for the most part, Barcelona ? they signed one or two good players, saw big injuries to their best players, had an ageing Robert Lewandowski to start the season, and look at them now: It?s a mix of rejuvenation, revival and youth. Barcelona have found an amazing mixture of what was needed, throwing their La Masia graduates into the deep end and seeing who can swim. Right now, everyone in Catalonia is swimming, while Real Madrid ? the better-run club with better players and more success in the l...