Real Madrid ship sank into the vanity sea

Real Madrid ship sank into the vanity sea!

Real Madrid after heavy 7-3 loss to Atletico Madrid in the International Champions Cup.
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Despite the huge deals, Real Madrid has made this summer, the preparation period for the new season does not bear any signs of changing the situation from the past months, which saw the collapse of the team at all levels.

Last season, the club came out with disastrous results after finishing third in La Liga, in addition to their early exit from the Champions League and the King's Cup.

With the arrival of several excellent players this summer, the optimism among the masses, believing that things will go on unlike the past season, but the initial indications warn continuation of the series of collapse.

Besides, there was a state of vanity in the corridors of the Royal Club, from Florentino Perez, the president of the club, through the French coach Zinedine Zidane, and even some players.

In our reports, we will shed light on the recent scourge of the Real, as follows:

The pride of Perez :

Florentino Perez has shown signs of vanity a few years ago, especially during his dealings with many non-Spanish stars, headed by Cristiano Ronaldo, who moved to Juventus last season.

Perez thought that the team would not be affected by Ronaldo's departure, and it was strange that he did not move to bring a substitute of his caliber to fill the gap left by the Portuguese international, believing that the team is the main factor in the shine of the Don, not the other way round.

Perez paid dearly for seeing the collapse of his team in the blink of an eye, just because one player was out.

The 72-year-old president, too late, realized that he had caused a persistent guillotine to coach the season.

Perez's pride was evident in the club's statement, in which he announced the dismissal of Julen Lopetegui, who included an indirect message that belittled the Spanish coach. "The results of the team are not commensurate with the presence of eight players for the Golden Ball," last year.

At the end of the season, after Zidane was re-appointed as a coach, Perez admitted that the problem was not in Lopetegui, but he understood it later.

Zidane mutation :

As soon as Zidane returned a few months after his departure, the French coach began to emerge unusually from what audiences had been accustomed to in his press conferences over the past three years.

Zidane began to make unusual remarks, most notably his sharp words about Gareth Bale after the last round of the Liga last season, when asked about the mystery of not paying the player, who remained a substitute until the end of the meeting, to answer "if there was a fourth change to what I have also involved."

Zidane's statements and sudden turn of events did not stop, but Bale returned to his surprise recently saying that he wished to leave Bill immediately, before everyone was surprised to talk about his Colombian player Rodriguez, saying "his future does not concern me."

Zidane may have been afflicted with vanity after seeing the royal team drowned after his departure before Peres moved to persuade him to return. This caused him to feel ecstasy after everyone saw that the team had collapsed without him completely, although his return has not been added yet.

The ego of Courtois :

Vanity disease was strongly entrenched inside the club walls, injuring some of its players as well, led by Belgian goalkeeper Typo Courtois.

Despite the criticism he has been subjected to since joining Real last year, Courtois has shown excessive confidence in himself recently, not equivalent to his return and scoring with the Marenghi.

"It is clear to every one of the number one in Madrid," Courtois said in a statement last week, referring to his first Real Madrid goalkeeper, not his teammate Keylor Navas.

As usual, it came in contrast to Courtois's five-goal conceding five goals in a friendly against Atletico Madrid, which ended in a 7-3 win over the sinking Real Madrid ship and disastrous results.