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Black Sunday

and

Monday of reflection

in

Chamartín

.

The harsh defeat against

Barcelona

in the classic starred in the nightmares of players, coaching staff and managers.

No one expected such a result, 0-4, and, above all, no one imagined that the sensations would be as blushing as those that resulted from the ninety minutes played at the

Bernabéu

.

The messages and conversations that began to circulate on mobile phones in the box and in the locker room were summed up in two key words: "

Rage

", due to the manner of the defeat, and "tranquility", due to the situation in the league table, with nine points ahead of

Sevilla

, and the presence in the quarterfinals of the

Champions League

.

Of course, the failure in the duel against the eternal rival left a man very touched:

Carlo Ancelotti

.

The Italian coach, aware of his mistakes, took the blame before his footballers and before the press: «

I have failed.

I'm sorry

.

The Modric thing has not gone well...

And nothing

», He snorted.

In the locker room, the position of the Croatian, at 36 years old

, caught by surprise

as a false nine being one of the pillars of the ball out, and the tactical revolution that

Carletto

invented at halftime.

Three centrals, something he had never tried, with

Camavinga and Rodrygo

as lanes.

Ferran

took two minutes to miss a clear one and score the disastrous 0-3.

In the stands, despair came from the

passivity of their players

.

A reality more criticized, even, than Ancelotti's own system.

For this reason, although the coach put the target on his head, in the locker room and at the club they also take the blame.

The players, the same ones who were already thinking about the next game a few minutes after beating PSG, encouraged each other this Monday through their mobile phones, on their way to their international destinations.

Only Mendy appeared in Valdebebas

, who is still recovering from his muscle injury.

Ancelotti had already planned

two rest days

after the classic and did not want to "make more drama" by changing the calendar.

"relativize"

The club has privately shown its

support for the Italian

, who took command of the squad after

Zidane

's traumatic goodbye , and has insisted on the same message as the one given by the coach: "

Relativize

", take advantage of this break to regain sensations and "lift your head".

Despite everything, in the Real Madrid environment there are decisions by the coach that are not fully understood.

The last time he had used the

4-4-2

was in the Cornellà defeat against Espanyol, in October, and

Camavinga

had only played as a

winger

in the defeat against

Sheriff

at the Bernabéu.

In addition, the trio made up of

Casemiro, Modric and Kroos

, who made a sensational stretch between November and December, had already been vulnerable in the

three most important dates

of the merengue season:

the Super Cup classic, the Cup

match

in Bilbao

and the 150 minutes round trip against

PSG

before the comeback at the Bernabéu.

In big events, the famous 'Santísima Trinidad' suffered, and the necessary inclusion of

Valverde

to set the rhythm unbalanced the drawing.

That is why in the second part of the second leg against PSG and in the rest of the last classic Camavinga came on for Kroos.

Madrid asked for physical

.

Ancelotti knew that.

The non-existent alternative to Benzema

The other big black point of the course is the management of the

second unit of the attack

, more evident when Benzema is missing.

Hazard

has not yet played a classic,

Jovic

, signed for more than

60 million

to be a substitute for the Frenchman, did not take the field on Sunday and

Bale

was thinking of Wales.

The emergency solution was

Mariano

, who had accumulated

29 minutes

in the league in 2022. Asked about the rotations, the Italian has always defended that he did not see the team tired, but the problem was not the lungs of his starting eleven, but the

competitive pace

of alternates.

In the

eight games without Benzema

, the substitutes have been

Jovic

in two (wins against Inter and Elche in the Cup) ,

Mariano

(two wins against Elche and Alcoyano),

Isco

(win against Granada),

Bale

(draw at Villarreal),

Asensio

( cup defeat in Bilbao) and

Modric

, in the last classic.

Eight occasions, six alternatives

.

No constant.

On the horizon, the nine point lead over Sevilla and the

unconscious fear

on the part of Real Madrid.

"I already lost a Champions League after winning 3-0," Ancelotti declared.

The Queiroz League, that 2015 of Carletto... The finals between now and the end of the course will begin in

Vigo

, with visits to

Pizjuán

,

Pamplona

and the

Metropolitano

included.

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