It has to have consequences.
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That’s how Real Madrid works.
Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos was visibly upset throughout the match and asked for “forgiveness” from fans after the rout.
A reporter’s suggestion that Rafa Benitez’s galactico-heavy Madrid had made it easy for Barca by surrendering was not accepted by Luis Enrique.
“Thinking about La Liga, there is still a long way to go and we need to do things as we were doing them when we were undefeated”.
“Now’s not the time to assess individuals”, Benitez said.
“We have to reflect on what happened and stay united”.
Four minutes later, Messi was brought on and looked back to his very best as he took advantage of the exhausted Madrid legs, playing a disguised and perfectly weighted pass into Suarez, who collected and took his time before chipping beyond Keylor Navas to seal the points and the home side’s humiliation.
“We have lost three points in La Liga and nothing more. We have to get ourselves out of this situation”. “We can enjoy it now but we have a few very hard games ahead starting with Roma”, midfielder Ivan Rakitic, who returned after a calf injury. It wasn’t a question of attitude. We faced a good team.
Real started the game off brightly and created a half-chance.
Lucas Perez scored his eighth goal of the season and third in as many games, before Jonny Castro doubled the lead with a spectacular own-goal late on, after Nolito had earlier missed a penalty. “Of course it hurts, it hurts a lot to lose like this”, Benitez told a news conference. “I worry about the team recovering emotionally for the next game”.
Rivaldo may have played for Real Madrid’s arch rivals Barcelona, but that hasn’t stopped him from predicting who the former’s next coach would be, according to 101GreatGoals.
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French legend and Real Madrid reserve team coach Zinedine Zidane has played down suggestions he could be set to replace the under-pressure Rafael Benitez in the top job at the Santiago Bernabeu.
