A Spanish report revealed a shocking statistic related to the lean defensive performance of Real Madrid, especially in the matches that the team is playing at its famous stadium, Santiago Bernabeu.
The newspaper “AS” that the Real Madrid net received 12 goals in the last 6 games the team played at home, at a rate of two goals in one match, which is an unusual number.
The last of these goals was that of the Brazilian striker Gabriel Martinelli in the match that brought the two teams in the second leg of the Champions League quarter -finals, as he ran the ball from the middle of the field very quickly to the point where Real Madrid defender Fran Garcia was unable to catch him, before scoring the winning goal for the “Ghanzar”.
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Real Madrid must “stop the defensive bleeding” if the team wants to compete for the remaining two titles, namely the League and the King of Spain Cup, and thus not to go out in the “Sfly” season, the newspaper says.
Girona was the last team that failed to shake Real Madrid at the Bernabeu Stadium, in the match between the two teams that took place on February 23 in the 25th round of the League and ended with the victory of Meringue with the goals of Luka Modric and Vinicius Junior.
Since that match, all the teams that visited the Bernabeu stadium managed to the Real Madrid net, most notably Real Sociedad, who scored 4 goals in the second leg of the King’s Cup semi -finals and almost kidnapped the transit card to the final had it not been for the goal of German Antonio Rudger, who came in the additional runs.
Next, the last 6 matches of Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in all championships:
- Real Madrid 2-1 Atletico Madrid (the first leg of the Champions League final).
- Real Madrid 2-1 Rayo Valikano (27th round of the League).
- Real Madrid 3-2 Leganes (the 29th round of the League).
- Real Madrid 4-4 riyals Sociedad (second leg of the King’s Cup semi-finals).
- Real Madrid 1-2 Valencia (the 30th round of the League).
- Real Madrid 1-2 Arsenal (the second leg of the Champions League quarter-final).
“AS” indicated that Real Madrid came out with a clean net in only 5 games out of 28 since the beginning of this year, with only 17.85%, and these matches are:
- Deportivo Minera 0-5 Real Madrid (round 32 of the King’s Cup).
- Real Madrid 3-0 Real Mallorca (Spanish Super Cup semi-finals).
- Valladolid 0-3 Real Madrid (the 21st round of the League).
- Prest Stadium 0-3 Real Madrid (the 8th round of the Champions League league stage).
- Real Madrid 2-0 Girona (the 25th round of the League).
This outcome is very weak compared to the numbers of last season in which Real Madrid maintained the cleanliness of its nets in 25 out of 55 by 45.45%.
Real Madrid is still a competitor for the League and King’s Cup titles, as 4 points separated from Barcelona, the league leaders 7 games before the end of the season, while the two teams will meet face to face in the Cup final on Saturday, April 26.
After the end of the season, Real Madrid will fly to the United States to compete for the Club World Cup in its expanded version.
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