Real Madrid are still struggling to impress
Most of the Uefa Champions League matches played today ended in goals. There were goals everywhere with many players scoring hat tricks while some scored Brace. 3 teams scored at least 5 goals. Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid matches are the only matches that failed to see an over 2.5 goals. Atletico Madrid is one team that put defense first and their result may be justified.
Real Madrid is known for an attacking style of play. Real Madrid during the era of Cristiano Ronaldo, Ozil, and Benzema scored goals for fun. Bale came and the goals still flow very well. That has not been the case of recent.
Zidane second coming is not looking good at all. They have been struggling to get goals, defend properly, and create chances. They defeated Galatasaray by a goal to nothing. This is a kind of match that Real Madrid would have won comfortably. That is not the case now despite the number of signings they have made.
Hazard is yet to fully settle down. He had some decent chances that should have been scored but opted to pass most times. He created the sole goal of the match which should have been scored by him. The other chances they got was from Hazard whose effort could only hit the goalpost. The rest were just well handled shots by Muslera.
Galatasaray missed some good chances that should have gotten them a goal. They weren’t clinical enough and paid for it dearly.
This match shows that Zidane still has a lot of work to do if he is to survive this season with Madrid. Your past success does not guarantee future one is what Zidane failed to understand. He thought he could perform some sort of Magic for Madrid by returning to the club. That decision is now haunting him
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Tuesday's results are a reminder that for the most part, the Champions League group stages are too predictable. Even with the trouble Real were in as well as Tottenham, they pretty much got themselves all but out of it with their wins. Wanted some chaos with the results myself but they didn't come.