Part II

Now off to the bad.

1- Mourinho and his arrogance

I was surprised by how Mou managed the team by last season and thought it was unusual how he didn’t ” Mourinho ” the situation. But, this season he did. I think this issue started in the summer because ever since then the team has been shaken by something which has been kept a secret throughout the season but no doubt there was a dispute and a “shake” in the squad and indeed the Madrid fans over the Casillas situation.

Mourinho thinks he’d have his way at Real Madrid and that the fans will back him in whatever decision he makes as his fans at Porto, Chelsea and Inter but Real Madrid isn’t like that. He’s not doing Real Madrid a favor by managing them. In Real, the club is above everything; Casillas understood that and acted as the professional he is and made Mou look like a child.

2- Less Callejon

One of the good things about last season is Callejon. He has been an outstanding player and gave that extra to the playing style of the squad. Above all he is a product of Castilla and those players are always received with all respect and affection.

3- The unexplainable decline in the team’s performance

It doesn’t take a genius observation to notice that a lot of players, just as some gained form, have lost their form that was integral to last season’s success. Benzema is the standout player who seems to have lost his excellent performance from last season. Arbeloa has been diabolical this season, constantly being out of position, caught off, unnecessary tackles and cards. Marcelo lost form but that was due to an injury he had with the Brazilian National Team to which he needed surgery.

4- The Dortmund loss

Thank you Real for that birthday present.. Clearly being outclassed and Lewandowski having the form of his life. I still believe his form was helped with the mistake Mourinho made by playing Pepe who hadn’t started a game since he came from injury and arguably 3 of the 4 goals were almost directly his fault.

5- The cup final loss, against who?

Yes ladies and gentlemen. Real Madrid lost to Atletico for the first time in 17 years. Many of us never even saw the last time Atletico won … oh wait..

Despite going ahead with a typical Ronaldo goal, and being unlucky in numerous opportunities. Eventually, the inevitable happened. The match which also saw Mourinho and Ronaldo sent off in an unfair match where many of the Atletico players are lucky to still be on the pitch.

6- The league away form

No doubt the reason for our success last season has been our away form. Although we had an excellent home run, but there’s no point if you lose your away matches.

7- Ronaldo losing out the Balon D’Or, again

Ronaldo worked on himself to produce an EXCELLENT season and lifted a broken Portugal side to the Euros semi final to lose to eventual winners Spain in a penalty shoot-out. All that to be swepped away once again by Messi who won it for the fourth consecutive year. (Well done UEFA).

And if that wasn’t enough, he was also snubbed by Guardiola at the ceremony.

This was such an unfair hurtful moment for Ronaldo and Madridistas alike and is of course one of the bad moments of the season.

I’m sure many of you could think of more events but I think this covers almost everything, don’t pay attention to the fact that in this post the good points are more than the bad because the bad ruined a potentially amazing season for Real Madrid. If it hadn’t been for the way Mourinho handled the affairs in the dressing room and sticking to the same objective and united towards one objective and same form we could’ve had it all (Bayern are a perfect example of how perfect a team could be despite all the pressure they had).