Why is Real Madrid being so inconsistent this season?

Ronaldo and Benzema showing Real Madrid situation

Real Madrid aspirations of La Liga and Copa del Rey are gone by now. The only trophy they can still aspire to is the UEFA Champions League.

It has been very surprisingly how Real Madrid is doing during the current season. All the football lovers at the beginning of the year, were expecting that Los Blancos would rule the Spanish and international football as they did the last season, winning La Liga, La Supercopa de Espana, The UEFA Super cup and The Champions League. However, things did not happened as people was expecting.

In the Copa del Rey, Real Madrid faced an early elimination against Leganés, a team that has only been for 2 years in the highest league of Spanish Soccer. The first match was won by Los Blancos in home of the Leganés by a score of 1-0 in a very tough game. The local team did really well during the whole match, creating many options of goals and defending from the mighty attackers of Real. It was only until the 89 minute that Marco Asensio was able break the parity in favor of the white team. In the second match, Leganés gave a lesson on how to play soccer by being very organized in the tactical aspect, and creative when attacking. In addition to that, they had the courage to play in the impressive Santiago Bernabéu against the tide of millions of people who did not believe in them. The final result was 2-1 in favor of them, with goals of Eraso and Appelt that eliminated Real Madrid.

La Liga of Spain is also an title that is out of the possibilities for the team that directs Zinedine Zidane. Very bad results, including lost games at their stadium, have put Barcelona at the top of table with a difference of 13 points over Real Madrid. Among some of the causes that can explain the bad performance of the team, we could find: the lack of goal that Cristiano Ronaldo had at the beginning of the season; several defensive issues and mistakes by iconic players like Marcelo and Sergio Ramos; and some internal conflicts between players and with the coach, like the inconformity of Isco and Bale with Zidane of being substitutes. Some of the matches that depicted the deficient situation, were loosing against Real Betis, Barcelona and Villareal at home, and likewise with Girona and Espanyol as visitor. The following video, for instance, shows the game that Los Blancos lost against Real Betis.

However, not everything is lost for Real Madrid. They are still alive in Champions League after defeating PSG, after showing by far their best performance of the season. In the games they played against the team from capital of France, Real showed a completely different face with a brilliant performance of Cristiano Ronaldo who scored 2 goals, and a team that had clear ideas on how to play, with a good defense and attack. The match that is coming for them is a very tough. Juventus, leader of the Serie A and  the best team of Italy at the moment, is their rival. Seeking for revenge after having lost the final of the Champions League against Real Madrid, the match is predicted to be one of the most important and exciting games of the year as the 2 games want the victory at all costs.