‘Nightmare in Wembley’: Spanish Media React to Tottenham 3-1 Real Madrid

Media shops in Spain have pulled no punches of their evaluation of Real Madrid’s Three-1 defeat by the hands of Tottenham Hotspur on Wednesday, with AS working with the headline “Nightmare in Wembley.” 

The newspaper shared Thursday’s entrance web page on its Twitter feed:

Inside the paper, Luis Nieto (h/t Ed Malyon of The Independent) wrote: “This was the worst Madrid that [Zinedine] Zidane has managed up to now.”

Spurs outplayed Los Blancos—the two-time defending UEFA Champions League winners—at Wembley Stadium with a brace from Dele Alli and a aim from Christian Eriksen sealing the victory.

Cristiano Ronaldo bagged a late comfort for the guests, however he didn’t escape Nieto’s criticism: “The Portuguese seems to have misplaced his superpowers and is incapable of supporting [his place in the team] if he would not rating.”

The ahead has struck eight instances for Real this season, however just one has are available La Liga, during which they path Barcelona by eight factors.

Marca was equally vital of Madrid, working with the headline “all the alarms are ringing,” per Malyon:

The newspaper’s Hugo Cerezo mentioned “Zidane seems clueless,” pointing to his determination to interchange Isco, Karim Benzema and Luka Modric as he tried to engineer a method again into the match.

He additional described the defeat as a “slap within the face” by the hands of “a crew from the second-tier, with none continental historical past.” Spurs have gained the UEFA Cup twice, although the newest of these was in 1984 and that is simply their third look within the Champions League.

Santiago Siguero of the identical outlet wrote it was “the darkest evening of the Zidane period,” and that it “looks as if years” since they beat Manchester United and Barcelona in August.

Madrid have already didn’t win on 4 events in La Liga, and so they suffered one other low level final weekend as they slipped as much as Girona, dropping 2-1.

Sport Witness shared Mundo Deportivo‘s response:

According to Malyon, the newspaper additionally described Real as being “in freefall,” with Real editor Manuel Bruna arguing “what occurred in Girona and what occurred in London are the palpable proof that Madrid are in disaster.”

Sport Witness additionally supplied the three newspapers’ participant rankings from the competition, with Spurs’ superiority clear to see:

Real ought to nonetheless have little downside in reaching the knockout part of the competitors as they’re 5 factors away from Borussia Dortmund, who will likely be upset with back-to-back attracts with APOEL.

Los Blancos gained the Champions League final season regardless of ending second of their group, however it’s nonetheless a worrying signal that their home struggles have spilled over into the European stage.

Zidane has performed remarkably nicely since his appointment within the Spanish capital, however that is the primary troublesome interval he has encountered, and will probably be a big take a look at of his skills as a coach to show issues round.

They face Las Palmas subsequent earlier than taking up metropolis rivals Atletico Madrid after the worldwide break. If they’re unable to get again to profitable methods in these matches, their La Liga marketing campaign may very well be all however over.