5 differences between the crisis of Real Madrid and Barcelona
There is nothing more strange than the deterioration of the level of Real Madrid and Barcelona to this extent after they have dominated the old continent in the last decade, day after day their situation worsens, and all the opponents dare to them because their fall is easy and not as before.
Real Madrid lost on Wednesday from Paris St Germain by a wide result and without the attacking trio, and the arch-rivals Barcelona did not have enough time to gloat until the team suffered a shock defeat from Granada yesterday 2-0.
A disastrous start to Spain's big season this season, and there are many similar negative points, such as the inability of coaches Zinedine Zidane and Ernesto Valverde to find tactical solutions to get their team out of this crisis, as well as poor planning by the club's administrations over the past years.
But there are many differences as well. What Real Madrid is experiencing now is very different from what Barca is going through, and there are 5 points that illustrate this issue:
There is a big difference between the Barcelona project and Real Madrid.It is true that the Catalan club is preparing for the post-Lionel Messi and has concluded many important deals for the future, but the goal is also to raise the quality immediately and achieve the Champions League title, which was lost in the past seasons due to small details.
On the other hand, the focus of Real Madrid is not on the current season or even on the next season, the decisions taken to build a new team for years to come after the current team has been consumed for five years, and achieve everything possible.
Real Madrid, with management, fans, players and technical staff who do not expect much in the current season, the main goal is to replace and renew the team gradually over a year, until the arrival of a perfect lineup that can really compete in the future, and this is evidenced by the amount of young deals made by the club In the last years.
One of the most important problems of Real Madrid is that the team no longer has a strong squad, not even a deep substitute bench as it once was. The main elements have dropped dramatically, and the most important player left a year ago, while the newcomers are still not reaching the required stardom in the club. The size of the riyal, except for Eden Hazard.
We can say that Real Madrid in the current team does not have great chances to compete, there are tactical problems from Zinedine Zidane, and administrative confusion in some decisions, but the main problem is that the players' capabilities are limited at the moment, and it is clear that the team needs more than a big deal at the stage Coming.
Just the opposite for Barcelona, when you look at their starting line-up and their solutions on the bench, you marvel at the level of the team and the results, all the lines include the best players in the world, and the level of the key elements did not fall as it did in the traditional rivals.
Barça has been boosted by a player like Antoine Griezmann, who is one of the best in the world, despite having a fiery trio of Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez and Osman Dembele.De Jong, who has great potential in the midfield, has been assigned with Sergio Busquets and Artur Melo. Even Vidal and Rakitic, we can say that Barca have a perfect midfield, and the same is true for the defense. In each center there are good to mid-level players, and the goalkeeper has one of the best three goalkeepers in the world, so there's no problem. Quality never.
The press dealt with the crisis
Pro-Real newspapers are never merciless. Even when the team had made great achievements, there was always criticism and doubts about the level of the team at any opportunity, while the Barca press still treated the club as the most powerful in the world, despite attempts to criticize Ernesto Valverde Some players now and then do not put enough pressure to make drastic decisions.
We have always said that the Catalan press is part of the problems of Barcelona, refuses to highlight many negative points, and does not start criticism or attack only when it becomes intolerable, in return we see the Madrid press does not stop criticizing the team, players, coach, management and even the masses sometimes do not recognize So.
Each team may surprise us in its own way
The return of Real Madrid and Barcelona to the top of their level in the coming period is not impossible, and we may see both crowned titles at the end of the season despite the miserable situation they have reached now, but the way of their return will be quite different if it happens.
Despite the criticism of Zidane at the moment, but there is a belief that almost everyone is able to surprise us at any moment, especially in the Champions League, the team has entered in many crises in the past and succeeded the French coach to overcome them and ultimately reaped incredible achievements, it is true that the current lineup Lower quality than the last lineup, but in short it is safe from Real Zidane.
The same applies to Barcelona but differently, because the Catalan team is already able to win titles not thanks to the coach's awakening or his psychological ability to deal with problems and the dressing room, but thanks to the ingenuity of some players, especially Lionel Messi and Ter Stegen.
Barcelona have achieved many titles in recent years thanks to individuals and not the system or teamwork, Messi, Stijn and Suarez were hiding the flaws of the team, and they are able to do so in the next stage, it is very likely.
Difference in loss of confidence
Real Madrid stars have lost confidence since last season, and we always feel that the team regains confidence from time to time, and it is clear that Zinedine Zidane is working on it in the first place, in contrast, the problem of trust in Barcelona is quite different, because the team did not lose confidence in these names Players seem to have lost confidence in their coach.
Zidane, although he is making fun of the support of the masses and the press, but he has the absolute confidence of the players, and everyone believes in the dressing room, and the problem is the lack of confidence of the players themselves to overcome this crisis, while Valverde put it a little harder, players see it as a problem and not a solution .
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