La Liga 2018/19 (10 Viewers)
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What surprises me the most is Lopetegui. How after that FC Porto team he destroyed he manages to manage Real Madrid. Even after the national team, which is not even near the same kind of challenge of a big club.
He has the record now of going 481 minutes without scoring - 8 hours! The worst in Real history. This with a 3 times in a row European Champion team.
Real was a team that always played in a fast and vertiginous counterattack. They always had a clear goal, to score more than their opponents. And then Lolpetegui comes in and tries to implement a tiki-taka full of zika to pass the ball back and to the side when the mindset of the team was another for years. Plus the ridiculous substitutions.
Incredible.
Yeah it is really incredible. We never liked that kind of game plan in Madrid. We like to play to score attacking all that we can. That should be the game plan.
But we sell Ronaldo and keep Benzema.
Things have worked good for us when we had shown ambition.
The kind of ambition that makes you pay 120 millions for a 33 years old player. It is a risky play. The kind of risks champions take. It can go wrong, but it would be the kind of mistake you can be proud of. At least you are truly trying and you are showing that you really want to win badly.
What we have done is a joke.
But we sell Ronaldo and keep Benzema.
Things have worked good for us when we had shown ambition.
The kind of ambition that makes you pay 120 millions for a 33 years old player. It is a risky play. The kind of risks champions take. It can go wrong, but it would be the kind of mistake you can be proud of. At least you are truly trying and you are showing that you really want to win badly.
What we have done is a joke.
Don't think there was much risk involved. Ronaldo is an industry on his own. Already paid Juve and Exor back a chunk of the 340m.
There's slight risk now b/c of the sexual assault allegations, but it's hindsight, and likely nothing with come off it.
It seems like common sense to me. I'm surprised there are executives of other clubs out there who think it was a bad deal or are puzzled.
There's slight risk now b/c of the sexual assault allegations, but it's hindsight, and likely nothing with come off it.
It seems like common sense to me. I'm surprised there are executives of other clubs out there who think it was a bad deal or are puzzled.
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