haaland football kit On Saturday, Madrid were beaten at home by mid-table Alaves, meaning the Spanish title holders have now gone three games without a win in La Liga.
Now they’ve suffered an even more devastating defeat, losing 2-0 to Shakhtar Donetsk, leaving Real third in Champions League Group B and, thus, in very real danger of failing to reach the knockout stage for the first time ever.
Madrid saw more of the ball and had more shots on goal, prompting Zidane to claim afterwards that his side hadn’t deserve to lose. But such excuses just don’t cut it.
Eden Hazard and Sergio Ramos were significant absentees but a club of Real’s resources shouldn’t be relying on two players to defeat this version of Shakhtar. Remember, the Ukrainians hadn’t scored a Champions League goal since winning in Madrid on matchday one with a squad decimated by coronavirus.
They’d also been thoroughly humiliated by Borussia Monchengladbach in their last two games, losing 6-0 at home to the Germans and 4-0 away. Yet Madrid, with Karim cheap replica football shirts Benzema back in the starting line-up, carried very little attacking threat at the Kiev Olympic Stadium.