Real Madrid: Time to make some serious changes
After one Spanish team got dismantled by a German one on Tuesday night, it was the turn of another Spanish team to get dismantled by yet another German team. Borussia Dortmund, the dark horses, according to many, before the competition began, have become progressively whiter, so to speak. Recent performances in the latter stages of the Champions League have now made them favourites to progress to the final and, in what could be the first all-German final ever, could be on an even keel with the team that took the title away from them in Germany – Bayern Munich.
The final score on the night was 4-1. Dortmund scored 4; to be more precise, Robert Lewandowski scored 4. Inevitably, Cristiano Ronaldo scored one for Real, albeit under controversial circumstances. After the game, Jose Mourinho remarked that there was nothing that they did not know about Lewandowski, that they had done every analysis that was possible and yet they let him score four; three from open play and one from the penalty spot.
This Real Madrid team does not really look like a Real Madrid team of the early 2000s, the Galacticos. Of course, no one expects it to be. When Mourinho took over, many expected instant results. When he took over, he was surprisingly downplaying what could be done. However, in his three seasons, he has achieved a reasonable amount of success. He won the cup in his first season and the league in his second. In the meantime, many were expecting Real to kick on and win
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