The reigning Europa League Champions will have to play better than at the weekend when they gave a weak display losing 2-0 away to Real Sociedad.
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“It is clear that we’ve lost a couple of games and the last game against Barcelona, which was a very important game, didn’t go well”.
“For me though, I just wonder what his relationship is like with his big players inside the dressing room”.
The defeat was Real’s second successive in La Liga following on from the 3-2 reverse to Sevilla back on November 8, and Gerrard hinted that Benitez is struggling to command the respect from his senior players in the Bernabeu dressing room.
Under-fire Rafael Benitez survived a late scare on a night when Real Madrid won their Champions League group, conceding three late goals against Shakhtar Donetsk.
It allowed Benitez’s men to double their lead five minutes into the second half, with Casemiro and Ronaldo combining to set up Modric for a superb goal.
“We’ve got great desire to put it right and we want to get out and work as hard as we possibly can to win as many games a possible going into the future”.
There have been multiple rumors that the Real Madrid players are not happy with their coach due to his style of coaching with senior players Cristiano Ronaldo and Sergio Ramos also in the list. But you’ve got to manage individuals differently, especially at Real Madrid.
In 35 games for his club during 2015, he has scored just eight goals, with none of those efforts coming against any side playing in either European competition. He’s the father of 15-year-old Ben Lederman, who was the first US player ever admitted to Barcelona’s famous La Masia youth academy in 2011.
“Madrid play more defensively (under Benitez)”.
Benitez was asked about the importance of Croatia midfielder Modric, who was substituted on 62 minutes with his team 3-0 ahead and was then missed when Shakhtar came back late on.
“It is a bad way to talk about a Real Madrid coach, which is Benitez, and I hope he remains in the job for a long time yet”.
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Louis van Gaal’s team created plenty of chances, but in the opposition box they looked toothless and Wolfsburg now top Group B.
