In the past four years, the richest football club in the world has fared very badly. It didn’t win a trophy at all. And this current season, hopes were really high that the team would win a major trophy, with the appointment of former Juventus coach Fabio Capello to be in charge of the team. Capello, who once coached the team in the 1990s, had led Juventus to win two back-to-back Scudetto titles in Italy in 2004 and 2005. With such high qualifications, he was believed to be well qualified for the track and would lead the team back to winning ways. As he resumed as manager, Capello vowed that he would only lose five games in the league (la liga) all season.
However, with only about twenty games in the league, Capello has lost seven games. And he has led the team to some of its worst performances in recent memory. Real have lost some crucial home games at Bernabeu against low-rated teams such as Recreativo and Levante, which are at the bottom of the league.
In a run of ten games, the team scored just three goals, far from its high-scoring character in the past. Even the recruitment of new players in the January transfer window has not helped matters. The club is now four points behind Barcelona in the rankings.
After knocking Real Betis out of the King’s Cup, the only hope of winning trophies this season is in the Championship League or the Spanish League. As it stands, the chances of the team winning in Europe are very slim. As such, the team is expected to be more likely to end up empty-handed again this season.
What could have led to the current crisis in Europe’s most successful football วงการฟุตบอลวิกฤต?
Firstly, Capello’s coaching style has been much criticized by the players and fans. The new manager’s defensive style is not popular with fans, nor has it delivered the desired results.
Also, the sudden change in the club’s recruiting policy from the era of buying ‘galacticos’ or world famous players to buying relatively unknown players seems to have influenced the club internally. It’s not uncommon to hear of bickering and power play in the locker room.
Also, for some players, the manager’s apparent dislike has helped polarize the club and dampen team spirit. The recent comments from the club president and manager about some of the key players on the team, which were hyped by the media, served to show the degree of animosity within the club’s constituency.