The problems that drown Real Madrid and the end of Ancelotti's streak

• Reactions "It is disrespectful to talk about humiliation"

• Chronicle Barça shakes an indolent Madrid and recovers stripes in the Desert Super Cup

• Protagonist Gavi, the "competitive animal" that is crowned in Riyadh: "That it does not stop, that it has no ceiling"

"

."

In the mixed zone of

in

's defeat

in the

classic .

Less than 60 minutes have passed since the white team's squad left the pitch after seeing

lift the cup until the bus left for the airport in the Saudi capital.

And a while later, as if in a flash, the Madrid

took off from the runways of

bound for

.

After the obligatory words of

to the televisions with rights and those of

in the press room, Madrid reflected on their January slope in the privacy of the plane.

Because although the Italian coach described the term "

" as "

", the reality is that the performance of the whites in Riyadh and the shock that Barcelona produced have left Madrid in a

: the

... All Real Madrid fans are now debating the ills and solutions for their team, but the main one, the one that perhaps turns around the most on the heads of Valdebebas, is how it is possible that Madrid, Ancelotti's Madrid,

.

Ancelotti, 9 of 9 so far

It is the first final lost by

since the

in the summer of 2010. Since then, the Italian had won the nine decisive fights he had played:

and 2014

with Madrid,

with Bayern and the

2022 European Super Cup again with the whites.

If something has always characterized Ancelotti, it is his ability to

, so that

, they have the mental capacity to compete in the moments that decide the titles.

This was the case last year in the Champions League qualifiers.

In

, however, his Madrid collapsed, prisoner of a worrying physical level and lacking the wardrobe to change the game script.

The tension in Madrid, fortunately or unfortunately, does not end in Riyadh.

In 48 hours he will play a life or death duel against

for staying alive in the

, on Sunday he flies to

to stay on his feet in the fight for the League, in

he will cross the strait to play the

and in a month Liverpool awaits him

of the Champions League.

Can this Madrid withstand the downpour?

No signings

In Valdebebas they continue to insist on two things: physical preparation is planned to "

" and there will be no transfers in the winter market.

The former has served him well in other seasons despite the

in January against Celta (2017), Leganés (2018) and Athletic (2022).

He compensated for the League and the European Cup, but the

in Riyadh hurts his fans more than a cupbearer KO against any other rival.

Once the physical has been justified, it is worrying about the few possibilities offered by the squad when its main players are not at their level.

In Chamartín they could imagine a difficult January for

after the World Cup, but the absence of options to replace them is something that despairs the fans and keeps the sports management on edge.

has not finished adapting and his worst performance of the course has taken place,

and

have not been revulsive this week and

have not even been an alternative on a list that

,

and the youth squad completed

.

Too much space and salary spent on footballers that Ancelotti does not have in the middle of a situation that he only has one solution: that

because they do not want to leave.

Meanwhile,

.

The quarry could be a plugin, but it doesn't appear as a way to solve the problem either.

In short: "

".

Ancelotti already asked for it in the preview of the semifinal to analyze how much the World Cup could have influenced and he dropped it again after losing against his greatest rival: "

", repeats the Italian about a club that

, losing only the 2014 and 2023 Spanish Super Cup and the 2018 European Cup. But while he returns, which he will, he suffers seeing his own chaos and the happiness of others.

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