Another blow to the stomach of Real Madrid Femenino | Relief
“It will be good for us because we will have whole weeks to work.”. Although Alberto Toril tried to downplay the significance of his team’s new defeat, this time in the Copa del Rey against Atlético Madrid (2-1), he was unable to prevent a new explosion of rumors that had dogged him in recent months. With the League in second place as the only asset that will save the season, The white team hasn’t stopped having problems this season. Discomfort and criticism have continued since the end of the year due to a game that leaves doubts, physical problems (plague of injuries), poor sports planning and an unmotivated team. Despite this, from within they insist on sending a compliance message: “We follow the goals that the club sets for us.”
Behind these words are hidden two months of a sports crisis and three difficult eliminations in the Champions League, Spanish Super Cup and Queen’s Cup. White crashed out of the European competition early, scoring only one point out of a possible eighteen. The most worrying thing is not the elimination, which can be normal if we talk about a tournament of this level, but the form. Toril Set They failed to beat opponents like Hacken or Paris with modest budgets and squads.
After the fall, the Super Cup bullet arrived in Europe. It wasn’t easy because Barca were waiting for him in the semi-finals. There are still differences between both projects – budget, composition, trajectory… – but no one expected the match to start with the Barça team overcoming its path. Madrid wanted to react in the second half, but it was too late: they dealt another blow to their eternal rival. We come back to this: it is not what that matters, but how.
From the Super Cup, a tournament in which he can least be blamed for his opponent’s demands, to the Queen’s Cup. After a peaceful defeat to Betis, fate wanted Real Madrid and Atlético, finalists of the previous edition, to meet in the quarter-finals in the homeland of the red and whites. A key match to reach the semi-finals and try to win the national trophy. With the Super Cup already decided – Barça won it – and the league almost impossible – Barça are leaders with nine points behind Real Madrid.
“It’s bad for the players”
Football reigned in Alcalá, and victory went to the red and white teams, who played a more serious game, knew how to manage time and were more effective. Although the defeat was minimal, does not lose importance and continues to undermine the image of the team, which is finding it difficult to attract major world stars -also determined by the budget- and in which a large number of footballers (Misa, Athena, Feller, Teresa Abelleira…) end their contracts.
With their cup exit, Real Madrid have lost another escape route in a project that is clinging to Champions League qualification with a damaged squad. “The players are having a bad time”– Toril said after the cup defeat. Now the Madrid team wants to do reboot and to focus all attention on his single goal in the League, without being “distracted” by another competition and for which there will be no excuse for not achieving it.
