My Madridista mates (yes, I have a few) say that it is a bit of a perfect storm.
The team was always going to be challenged by having to develop a new style of play after years of Cristianodependencia and Courtois has been average to poor (while Navas continues to excel in Europe). Add to that Isco's appendicitis, Modric's fatigue and some strange choices by Lopetegui (freezing out Lucas Vasquez perhaps being the most curious) and you have the context for a "crisis" most evident in a near complete lack of finishing.
Long may it continue.
The team was always going to be challenged by having to develop a new style of play after years of Cristianodependencia and Courtois has been average to poor (while Navas continues to excel in Europe). Add to that Isco's appendicitis, Modric's fatigue and some strange choices by Lopetegui (freezing out Lucas Vasquez perhaps being the most curious) and you have the context for a "crisis" most evident in a near complete lack of finishing.
Long may it continue.
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