Actual Madrid’s 4-2 defeat to SL Benfica within the UEFA Champions League, which has pressured them right into a playoff tie to qualify for the Spherical of 16, continues to attract sharp criticism from former gamers and followers.
, whereas these inside the membership are additionally indignant with the picture of the workforce being offered within the European competitors.
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Former Actual Madrid participant and director Pedja Mijatovic turned the most recent to air his considerations, pointing fingers at one of many workforce’s greatest performers this season – Kylian Mbappe.
Certainly, talking on , the ex-Actual Madrid star questioned the French famous person’s management capabilities, stating that scoring targets doesn’t make him a frontrunner.
“I feel Actual Madrid lacks a frontrunner, not a participant who makes a distinction. I don’t see a frontrunner who says, ‘What the hell are we doing?’ A Sergio Ramos, Modric, Benzema, Fernando Hierro, Raul…. A frontrunner the digital camera focuses on,” he started.
“Mbappe is a good footballer, however he’s not a frontrunner. Identical to Zidane wasn’t with France. He wasn’t a frontrunner, however he was one of the best participant. Targets don’t make Mbappe a frontrunner,” Mijatovic added.
Pedja Mijatovic was vital of Mbappe’s management abilities. (Picture by Tullio M. Puglia/Getty Pictures)
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“In my era, the chief was Fernando Hierro, and when Fernando mentioned one thing, you needed to do it it doesn’t matter what.”
Explaining that Actual Madrid’s issues transcend simply the coach, Mijatovic acknowledged: “When Xabi Alonso had already left, I mentioned that maybe it wasn’t a training drawback. And I nonetheless say it.
“Alvaro Arbeloa has arrived, a coach who maybe doesn’t have sufficient expertise, however who’s a Actual Madrid fan and is aware of the gamers and the membership, and once more you see these indicators of complacency.”
Pointing fingers on the gamers, he added: “And I feel we now have to start out asking ourselves if a coach can repair this. It’s not the president’s fault: I feel the gamers should get up a bit and ask themselves how they will enhance.
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“Towards Benfica, you see them lose the ball and it doesn’t appear to matter to them, they act as in the event that they’re one of the best on the planet and as if nothing’s mistaken. It’s fatigue, complacency… I don’t see the spark, I don’t see something.”