Real Madrid played Raphael Varane in the game against Celta Vigo, and the French centre-back picked up an injury later in the game and had to play as an attacker, leaving Madrid with 10 players for the last few minutes.
As Los Blancos played in the last 16 round of the Copa del Rey, Jose Mourinho did not totally field a first-choice team against Celta Vigo and later had to bear the consequences as his side surrendered to a 2-1 away defeat.
The only thing positive which Los Blancos will be taking to the Santiago Bernabeu is the goal which the Portuguese skipper, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cristiano-Ronaldo-c9629, scored in order to give his side an away-goal advantage.
However, the rest of the things went from bad to worse for the Spanish champions.
The Spanish giants are already suffering a lot in every competition that they have been a part of.
They are already third in the Spanish La Liga title race, eleven points behind the league leaders, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604.
They stood second in their UEFA Champions League group, as the German giants, Borussia Dortmund, were able to outplay them throughout the group stages and stood first, leaving Los Blancos second in the group of death.
Moreover, Los Blancos players have also been marred with injuries this season. At first, it was http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Michael-Essien-c25294 in the left-back
position; who also picked up an allergy which has kept him out of action for quite some time.
Most recently, their French young centre-back, Raphael Varane, was fielded during the game against Celta Vigo and when all the three substitutions were made, he picked up an injury, and had to play as a striker, leaving Madrid with 10 able men to play on
the field.
“His injury practically left us with 10 players with only 20 minutes to go and this was a bit of an upset. The team had to make a huge effort.”
“It was a different Real Madrid playing in the last 20 minutes. Each player has to reflect on their performance and know that we can do better”.
“The team made an enormous effort at the end. We scored and we could have made it a draw.”
Real Madrid are awaiting the second leg of the Copa del Rey, where they plan on turning the 2-1 loss around as they already have an away-goal advantage against their opponents.
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