Ways Real Madrid can match Barcelona’s dominance – From 2006 to date, Barcelona have won four UEFA Champions league and six La Liga titles; Real Madrid have one and three respectively. Real Madrid fans may well ask why their eternal rivals are so successful despite all the money pumped into the team including breaking the transfer record three times in that period.
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The problems are plenty and for Madrid to return to their dominant spell of the late 1990s to early 2000s a lot has to be done.
Last weekend’s El Clasico shows that the team has a lot of problems which have never been addressed and further showed that despite big money signings like Niko Kovacic and Danilo, the team still has a long way to go in matching their rivals.
Few years ago, Barcelona’s former manager Pep Guardiola gave the perfect response when asked about his team’s dominance.
He said: “Not so long ago we didn’t even have a Champions League to our name. The ‘Quinta del Buitre’ (the Madrid team featuring five homegrown players and led by Emilio Butragueno that won five straight Liga titles between 1985 and 1990) were an example to us. We fed off of them, we learned so much from them.”
Though that was one of the ways Barcelona were able to get the better of Real Madrid, other things can be done.
1. Stop the merry go round of sacking coaches; look for someone within:
Real Madrid are not the most patient club in the world. Manuel Pellegrini was sacked despite leading Madrid to 96 points (their ever highest tally in La Liga in 2009). Barcelona’s progress and winning La Liga led to his exit despite the manager having to deal with six new signings who had to be shoehorned into his side one way or the other.
Ancelotti was sacked in 2015 despite winning the Champions League in 2014, while Jose Mourinho stayed for three years despite discontent among members of his squad for his aggressive style against Barcelona and dropping big names.
Rafa Benitez needs to be backed for many reasons. There is no clear candidate to replace him for one, and he has brought about defensive progress despite the fans urging a more attacking style.
The 4 – 0 bashing against Barcelona over the weekend showed Madrid are not strong defensively. The need for Casemiro in the side cannot be overstated.
Madrid could also do with bringing in a coach that knows the ins and outs of the club. Zinadane Zidane fits the bill though he claims he does not want to coach the team for the time being.
Barcelona brought in Guardiola and enjoyed success. Tito Vilanova was brought in and won La Liga with record points though his cancer and illness had a negative impact on the team in the Champions League.
Luis Enrique was brought in after the ill-fated spell of Gerado Martino and he brought in the treble in his first season like Guardiola. If Madrid can learn from this, then a successful period beckons.
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