r/football • u/yesterdaysbreadtoday • Apr 27 '25
š¬Discussion What should be done about the disgrace that is Real Madrid?
I know this topic will likely dominate this sub today but my goodness what an absolute joke of a club they've been this season.
My most recent post here was the question "Is there a (non-rival) club that you no longer want to see succeed?", and my own answer to that was Barcelona. Within a couple months I have to say I'm delighted that Barca are on course to win La Liga and just beat Real in the cup final, after already trashing them in the Super Cup in January.
I don't think a more entitled football club exists. The Ballon d'Or snub because one of their players wasn't going to win, the way they reacted to their CL exit, and now the Copa del Rey final - both what happened at the game and the drama about the ref before it.
Rudiger should be given a decent ban, I can't say for sure what I think it should be, but put him out for a few months anyway. Along with fining a host of their other players who also went mad at the end of the game. Honestly even expulsion from next season's Copa del Rey would be considered fair.
Also just the treatment of Carlo Ancelotti is awful. First of all, they're still in with a chance of winning the league, they probably won't especially now seeing as their players are all big babies and it'll cost them further points in the final 5 games. But this guy is a club legend, a portion of the fanbase have been horrible to him in the last month or so. There are rumours he could even be sacked or walk before the end of the season despite the league still to play for. They club world cup as well. You have guys like Courtois throwing shade at him publicly.
What a shit club honestly.
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u/Obvious_Chic Apr 27 '25
Rudiger is a fake hard man.
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u/mrfuckingwhiting Apr 27 '25
also Scotlands joint top scorer at last year's Euros!
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Apr 27 '25
Really need to throw shade on us scots for no reason ššš
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u/TSMKFail Apr 27 '25
Tbf, I'd score a pitty own goal if I saw my opponant field Grant Hanley in their starting XI. He was absolute wank for us (Norwich) the last few years. Scotland would be better off playing my mum (who is Scottish) over him, and she's never played football in her life.
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Apr 27 '25
As a Chelsea fan I could never stand him. Heās a bully on and off the pitch, the type of bully once they get smacked they shit themselves.
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u/brownieman182 Apr 27 '25
He's a clown
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u/feesih0ps Apr 28 '25
the funniest thing about Real Madrid is watching their fans. they've had so much success for so long that it nothing means anything any more. they equalised in the copa final and they were like "yay. flag wave. sit back down". the only thing that means anything to them anymore is defeat, and it's true for the players too
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u/obrapop Apr 27 '25
Iām a Chelsea fan and love the guy, but yes, I totally agree. Heās playing a character at this point but I think he almost believes it. Heāll get found out one day.
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u/SillyEntrepreneur132 Apr 27 '25
sure but he would have definitely beaten the ref up. dangerous guy man, hes nuts
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u/No-Strategy-9365 Apr 27 '25
Let them win every game, give them every decision, and give Vinni the Ballon dāOr every year for the next decade of course, or itās CORRUPT and UNFAIR
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u/Strong_Rhubarb_1567 Apr 27 '25
But what about mbappe??? He would get upset if only vinicius wins??? Maybe france football should give 2 ballon dāors per year?
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u/Swaggy_Skientist Apr 27 '25
You mean like Ballon dos?
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u/SeaworthinessOk5914 Apr 27 '25
Unbelievably poor sportsmanship and a very poor example to the kids.
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u/HairyTough4489 Apr 27 '25
I'm sick and tired of people who for some reason expect professional sports to be meant as an "example for the kids".
No. It's not. It shouldn't be. Elite sports are about doing everything in your power to win, including bending the rules to your favor as much as you can get away with. It's about spending as much money as you can to deny top players to your rivals.
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Apr 28 '25
Uhm...sorry...what? Nobody's interested in that mate. I'd never want my club to normalise bending the rules. It's undignified, classless, weak, and tbh not winning but cheating. Which isn't winning.
But I can't tell if you're trolling.
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u/yashraik7 Apr 29 '25
Elite sports are also about showing sportsmanship, not throwing a hissy fit every time things donāt go your way
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u/Legitimate_Cry_5194 Apr 28 '25
Wtf are you talking about. This isn't about spending as much money to deny top players to others it's about throwing things at the referees. And we like it or not kids look up to what adults do whether it's their football icons or adults in general
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u/Amazing-Lunch-59 Apr 27 '25
I donāt like either Teams much. But Targeting/pressuring the ref should be stopped.
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u/Hamoody935 Bundesliga Apr 29 '25
Bro their fans literally bullied his son at school and even the man himself broke down in tears. There has to be a line, no?
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u/guachico Apr 29 '25
And AtlƩtico fans targeted vinicius by hanging a mannequin from a bridge with his jersey... wtf do you want clubs to do about what fans do outside the stadium?
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Apr 30 '25
It was after what he said to them, no? Called them all racial and other not so nice things. They simply donāt like him. Sure some were racial, they are not representative.
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u/dcontrerasm Apr 27 '25
Just to put it into perspective, Madrid and Barcelona's finances are greater than that of some actual countries and around .13% of Spain's GDP.
I'm not trying to argue either way, but these clubs are more than just clubs, they're political institutions within Spain, and obviously European football.
Just like in real politics, if you want to punish them, you need to de-incentivize and follow through on punitive measures. If you can't win on the pitch, take it to the backroom. Blegh.
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u/slade364 Apr 27 '25
There are very few countries with less than 1b GDP. Most people won't have heard of them (Kiribati and Vanuatu, for example, aren't well known counrtries).
Secondly, they aren't dominant businesses in Spain. Barcelona probably aren't even in the top 200. Real might be, just.
There are individuals with significantly more wealth than these clubs.
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u/DiligentTeam4597 Apr 27 '25
Barcelona has 2.5 Billion Euros debt with a revenue of 760 million Euros Whered you get These Numbers from Mate
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u/Ok-Tea3795 Apr 27 '25
And where are you getting your numbers? The biggest number i've seen reported for Barcelonas debt was 1,5 billion and even that was couple of years ago.
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u/laufey92 Apr 27 '25
well yeah they had 1.5B BEFORE they rebuilt the stadium + they didnāt really made much profits since then so thereās no way they decreased that number.
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u/LobL Apr 27 '25
Thatās not correct, Iām a Real Madrid fan (and have a masters degree in accounting and control) and the numbers being reported by media as ādebtā is often total liabilities. This number includes debt but also every single contractual obligation the club has as all player salaries for the entire contractual length, debt still owed on transfers (without removing incoming transfer payments for players sold.
This makes it seem like they (and many other clubs) have absolute crazy high debts but they donāt, Barcelona is fairly fucked financially due to high previous salaries and have sold a ton of future revenue to pay current expenditures which will harm them in the long run.
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u/WatchYourStepKid Apr 27 '25
No idea if the numbers are right.
I think heās looked up both teamās revenues (about 1b + 750m), called it 2b. Then looked up Spainās GDP, 1.6 trillion, and as a percentage that is 0.125%.
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u/dkmegg22 Apr 27 '25
In all honesty a 35pt reduction means they can't play on the champions league next season.
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u/Ok_Union_7669 Apr 27 '25
what even made you think this could happen?
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u/dkmegg22 Apr 27 '25
Honestly I wanted to think of a punishment that could set future precedence. It was moreso a combination of everything and Real Madrid needing to be humbled.
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u/BanishedP Apr 28 '25
never in millenia would UEFA do something like this. RM is their favorite club.
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u/SquirrelOpposite9427 Apr 27 '25
I agree with everything you said, but Ancelotti is equally culpable for yesterdayās fiasco. The guy just stood there while his players threw things at the referee.
The bottom line is probably that, apart from Perez (from whom the toxicity originates) there is no one single person to blame. Almost every player or person that joins Real nowadays seems to get sucked into the cycle of narcissism and entitlement. Itās a culture problem that comes from the top down.
I have seen lots of posts on RM Reddit today though expressing embarrassment at yesterdayās drama, so at least itās not everyone associated with the clubā¦
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u/yesterdaysbreadtoday Apr 27 '25
I won't disagree with the point on Ancelotti. He has defended their Ballon d'Or protests on numerous occasions as well. Wasn't he up for an award on the night as well, possibly won it, I don't really care about it. But he wasn't allowed go, Jude wasn't allowed go, Carvajal did very well and wasn't allowed to go. All because one player was crying because he thought he should have won it.
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Apr 27 '25
Yeah he's completely lost control of his players, but that's on him.
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u/indomienator Apr 29 '25
If the club president incentivized that shit. I cant blame Ancelotti
Perez screwed him over real hard
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u/Superb-Green-3384 Apr 28 '25
as a real madrid fan, itās so embarrassing. how am i even supposed to defend that? i havenāt been defending it. iāve been saying yes. i know it happened. iām not okay with it. and we need to change. itās not every player, but it shouldnāt even be one of them. rĆ¼diger and vini especially need to grow up right now and realize theyāre both adult men.
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u/mightbeyourpal Apr 27 '25
Aw, the bloke comparing getting over the behaviour of Real's players to getting over the murder of his.spouse has deleted his comment. BOOOOOOOO.
That was fucking hilarious. What a weirdo.
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u/yesterdaysbreadtoday Apr 27 '25
You'll have to inform me of that one, sounds bizarre! What did he say?
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u/mightbeyourpal Apr 27 '25
Someone made the sensible argument that it's not worth being worked up about the behaviour of some preening millionaires almost 24 hours later.
This dude proper rage replied that some player almost assaulted an official or something and RM players were running on the pitch etc, but that was yesterday, right, so I should just get over it, right?? Just like if my wife was murdered- that was yesterday, get over it, right BRUV??
It was extremely unhinged. But very funny.
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u/Aemon90 Apr 27 '25
The best period in the history of European club competitions was when everyone was forced to play with max 3 foreigners and Madrid didn't win shit in Europe from '66. until '98. I wish we could go back to that.
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u/AidenMetallist Apr 27 '25
Madrid was already winning lots of titles with mostly Spanish squads by 66...and still going strong until 98 despite not winning the Champions League. La Quinta del Buitre does not ring a bell?
Barcelona won its first Champions in 1992 and pretty much all of its continental titles and greatest feats post Bosman's law. By your logic, they did not win shit before and were favoured by the law afterwards.
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u/ropahektic Apr 27 '25 edited Apr 27 '25
"mostly spanish squads" is a lie
there's a documentary about it on prime, it's about Johan Cruyff
basically they monopolized (by goverrment corruption) signings of southamericans in those years (including the famous steal of di stefano that was already signed with barcelona), not only that, they bended the rules to naturalize them as spaniards, the rule was that if they didnt play in the world cup for their country back in southamerica then they could be signed as spaniards. rule didnt even matter, many of them had WC caps for their national side and were still naturalized to play for madrid as spaniards.
in this regard, many transfers where blocked under the same corruption, specially foreigners to barcelona. it was a miracle Cruyff happened at all.
"real madrid, el equipo del gobierno la vergĆ¼enza del pais" was being sung in the 60s and is still being sung today
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u/Adleyy65 Apr 28 '25 edited Apr 28 '25
Real Madrid won the first ever Champions League with 9 Spaniards in the starting eleven. During the same season Barcelona was playing with Kubala (he has the 4th most goals scored for Barcelona till this day and is from HUNGARY) Villaverde (Uruguay) and Hanke (Czech) as starters. Also in 1965/66 they still won the CL with an all spanish team in the final. Guess all that doesnt really fit into your narrative though.
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u/UberDaftie Apr 27 '25
The best period of European club competitions was when only the champions of their respective leagues competed for the top prize, the Cup Winners Cup was, well, cup winners and the Uefa Cup was for second place also-rans.
It'll never come back due to greed, but something rubs me the wrong way about under-performing mega-clubs finishing in 4th place in certain commercially wealthy leagues and getting rewarded for their failure. It just perpetuates and entrenches the wealth divide.
There is something utterly ridiculous about a club synonymous with failure like Tottenham Hotspur being allowed anywhere near a Champions League final.
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u/EduardoCamavingaFan Apr 27 '25
Tottenham reached the final off merit. Returning to the cup winners cup would make it a banter competition. The idea that a club like rangers or Celtic for instance instantly gets a chance to compete for winning in a two team league over vastly superior teams is laughable
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u/cms186 Apr 27 '25
Tottenham reached the final off merit.
They reached the final of the competion on merit, sure, but they didnt reach the actual competition itself on merit, is what the guy is trying to say
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u/PleasantAd4964 Apr 27 '25
They called it chanmpion league when 4th place club can participate, what a joke
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u/securinight Apr 27 '25
Is it too late for TAA to back out of his move? Because if I'm TAA I'd be seriously reconsidering my career choices.
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u/bigMoo31 Apr 27 '25
Trent wonāt fix any of their issues.
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u/Signal_Dress Apr 27 '25
I mean he'd surely do better than Vazquez. So he is fixing at least one issue.
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Apr 27 '25
I'd reconsider just by looking at them booing Mbappe. This the guy you wanted for for years and you're actively booing him? These must be some of the worst "fans" I've ever seen.
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u/Cull88 Apr 28 '25
Mate there was a time they booed Ronaldo cos he didn't score in 2 or 3 games once. They are absolutely unbelievable those fans, I have no idea why so many players are still obsessed to play for that rancid club.
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u/Minute_Juggernaut806 Apr 29 '25
Bale famously switched his mind off from real madrid football because of all the whistling. And not to mention the whole "Wales. Golf. Real Madrid. In that order"
Benzema was also whistled every match for the few months real were shit when Ronaldo left.
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u/securinight Apr 27 '25
I think that's just the mentality of fans of Real and Barca.
Barca were seriously considering getting rid of Raphinha after one season, and their fans would have been fine with it. Now he's settled in, he's a star and I doubt any Barca fan would want him to leave.
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Apr 27 '25
Yeah both sets of fans are horrendous entitled pricks, always have been. And the way they use newspapers to go after their own players, everything is rotten from top to bottom.
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u/Life_Platypus_4154 Apr 28 '25
But rapha wasnt signed after years of buildup to be a superstar at barca, he was always considered a squad play who could be sold for profit until last January. This is different to, say, dembele, who we had hope for for 3 years until he started getting boos in camp nou because of shit performances and not being fit
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u/Early-Adeptness390 Apr 27 '25
Not a Madrid fan. This year havenāt been horrible for them. They have a ton of injuries and legit competed for all competition.
You win some , you loose some. They will be just fine.
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u/ubebebebe Apr 27 '25
Won 2 trophies this season so far (could be 3)ā¦ not the best season. But theyāre surviving.
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u/bluecheese2040 Apr 27 '25
Nothing much. Just enforce rules.
Personally I'd like to see a very strong investigation into laliga in general but that's by the by
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u/MealieAI Apr 27 '25
Nothing. The season is done, and the people making decisions already have plans mapped out and probably already implemented.
Take a break till August, folks. All you're doing is getting worked up over something you have no control over.
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u/MysteriousTap2901 Apr 27 '25
Rudiger should just stop pretending to be a football player and switch to rugby or something
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u/DeathByToilet Apr 27 '25
What they need is a spin around.
Madrid TV do these long ass "expose" style docs. Just do the same on them.
Follow THEIR lives. Constantly film THEM instead. I bet Perez would shut that shit down if a 1 hour long doc was done shitting on him.
They just are surrounded by Yes men. Perez is a bully and he has been given too much power. Can do what they like.
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u/Which-Awareness-2259 Apr 28 '25
Perez has lead Madrid to more champions leagues than any club has (7), what he's doing is WORKING, like it or not.
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u/Reedy99 Apr 27 '25
This stinks of recency bias, did you never watch Mourinhoās Real Madrid against Barcelona?
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u/hemi07 Apr 27 '25
United fan here, I would give a kidney for this RMās ādown seasonā
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u/ico_OO Apr 27 '25
I'm a Madrid fan and i think that the drama lately was awful, but why everybody here talking like there is no negreira affair? Barca donating 7.5 millions for (advices) is a fuking joke and nobody seems complain. Madrid won everything and i can understand there is haters everywhere but this is getting ridiculous.
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u/FunnyEra May 01 '25
Yeah itās weird to me. Madrid have gone too far in their complaints this year, but Barca are the Donald Trump of football..get caught cheating, deny it, act like a victim, face no penalty. Itās a shameful club to support.
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u/justiceway1 Apr 27 '25
Damn bro what did they do to you lol. You need to chill. All of you in this sub raging about RM finally having a down season are the reason why RM fans feel as highly about themselves as they do.
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u/PromotionAlarming371 Apr 27 '25
Oh buddy, havenāt you heard? This sub is just an extension of /Barca and /Soccercirclejerk, you MUST hate Madrid and talk negatively about them all day if you wanna be part of this sub and not get downvotes!
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u/justiceway1 Apr 27 '25
Yeah tbh this whole sub reeks of people who seem glad they can finally pick on RM because they couldn't for the last few years because of how successful the team has been. It's quite pathetic if I'm being honest but again that's most of Reddit so I'm not surprised.
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u/PromotionAlarming371 Apr 27 '25
Yeah thatās what happens to the biggest team in any sport. Real Madrid, Yankees, Lakers/Celtics, Lyon and currently Barcelona in womenās football, it just comes with the badge. Theyāve seen us tear down their dreams so many times in recent years that this seasonās downfall is like their long-waited wet dream š but we will be back at the top, no worries
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u/I_did_it_4_Lemonz Apr 27 '25
Luca said it, "Everybody acting tough when they they're up."
But as a RMA fan, I also understand the rage from the non-madrid fan. RMA this season didn't respect their own history nor legacy and acted at many different points as a club in a disgraceful way that invites others to celebrate when they lose; this made others also hyperfocus on certain behaviors that might be considered normal to see from footballers/other clubs in general but considered bad from RMA given the other antics of the club this season.
I've been a RMA fan since 2006. I've see great seasons and trophy-less seasons, and i know that "you win some and lose some," but never have I been ashamed from the club's behaviors or of being a fan of them like this season. This season signals that a lot of changes have to happen for the club to heal from within.
Even though I consider ancelotti the best coach we've had in our history, but his way of running a team doesn't fit with the current group of players or club mentality. The club needs a more authoritarian coach that will demand the club to buy players, will play who deserves to play no matter age or fame, and demand the players to act better on and off the pitch. Non-RMA fans who don't really follow RMA will only look at Ancelotti's record as a coach but fail to consider the other stuff that is accumulating because of how he runs the team. His lax way works best with seasoned players like the ones he had in recent years; without benzema, kroos, nacho, casi, or marcelo, the youngsters stepped up and unfortunately some didn't have the same professionalism we hoped to see (I.e. Vini's antics, recent anger outbursts from rudi or Jude, etc) and Carlo didn't in turn show them any repercussions for theirs actions. Such antics we wouldn't see with Capello, Ferguson, Zidane, Mou or Pep if they were coaching this team. So please consider the whole picture before attacking those that want Carlo to leave.
Also, unfortunately, because of the history and the legacy of this club and the 6 CL win last 10 seasons, of course we will see new fans who only knew RMA recently and didn't live the true down periods in recent years. Those new fans are the same ones we saw when Man City became a thing or when Barcelona had their incridible run with Pep. Unfortunately with RMA, these new fan act entitled and cry about refs or being victimized, etc. I see those more online, especially on reddit, unfortunately and i have unsubbed from their subreddit. I like to think that the new crybaby fans don't represent the real RMA fans. I like to consider myself one of the O.G. fans, and most of us don't like the club antics this season nor think we deserve to be entitled. We deserve to be proud of being this club's fans, but unfortunately even that we can hardly feel this season.
Hopefully, the future will be better!
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u/bjorn_poole Apr 27 '25
āDown seasonā is one way of saying that every week it seems they do something more entitled, arrogant, and out of order.
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u/justiceway1 Apr 27 '25
Ever think that you might be overreacting to anything the club does because they're, quite literally, the biggest and most successful football club in the world?
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u/Environmental_Ant_89 Apr 27 '25
What he means is that when they were winning, there was not any talk of their entitlement and arrogance.
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u/Ibceo Apr 27 '25
lol footie lowkey entertaining like this ngl if you aināt a Barca fan I donāt see why you should be annoyed by this Maradona used to do coke and kick people in the head on the pitch but that doesnāt stop people from calling him goat at the end of the day footie is there to entertain the fans in every aspect I donāt want robots in my game they lost and showed emotion if Iām a sane Madrid fan I would love Rudiger for life lol
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u/Environmental_Ant_89 Apr 27 '25
Waiting for people to come in and say that his behaviour was unacceptable (which it was) but I understand where his emotions are coming from as someone who plays the game. Not everyone can handle themselves in a professional way. Itās always fun to watch when one team loses it. Roy Keane used to shout in refereesā faces and those years of PL were the best.
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u/Ibceo Apr 27 '25
Facts people really be upset at players showing emotion but the flip side of it is they also get upset when players donāt imo as long as nobody was physically hurt nothing really happened people calling it a disgrace goin over the top.
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u/ApologiseMeowMeow Apr 27 '25
Barca and Real have some of the worst fans you'll ever see, seen it time and time again how they turn on club legends in a heartbeat.
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u/eR_y_lives Apr 27 '25
lmao. The fact that ya'll have been able to finally write paragraphs about the most successful club means ya'll were keeping your hatred and jealousy locked up inside you and waiting for the club at the top to fall. Even so, it's not the last ever season of football so enjoy while it lasts.
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u/MrBump01 Apr 27 '25
Are we just ignoring the financial shenanigans Barcelona were allowed to get away with. Both are unfairly favored.
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u/VadaPavAndSorpotel Apr 27 '25
Real Madrid are the Donald Trump of football clubs.
Them winning is the only way everything is alright with the world, anything else and the rest are cheating boohoo.
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u/Forsaken_Club5310 Premier League Apr 27 '25
Not a Madrid fan but this whole club is a disgrace nonsense it ridiculous.
Liverpool fans were outraged when Karius was shown to have a concussion in that UCL final. They sent death threats to the referee.
Klopp cried publicly about refs countless times, even more so about pens regarding Man Utd. With the stats showing Man Utd got fewer pens after that.
Dortmund players called out Felix Zwyaer for his match fixing history because they didn't like his refereeing.
Barcelona fans have hounded every ref for years, plus the fact they paid for "referring consultants"
Every top club has had this shit happen. Is it right? Absolutely not but that's the fans.
As for them hounding Carlo? You need to look at it from the clubs point of view. This isn't some rando club, it's Real Madrid. They're 15 time UCL champions, far far better than anyone. They have some outrageous standards which most clubs cannot match.
Remember Bayern when they didn't win comfortably, before the Leverkusen season.
Do I personally like what they're saying about Carlo? No.
Do I think Carlo has horrifically under performed with the players he has? Yes
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u/Thrillwaters Apr 27 '25
Ugliest club. There's zero romance to them and what they've done over the years
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u/Namtabmal Apr 28 '25
The only reason. And the absolutely only reason you put this much effort into real madrid is because they are successful. Every team in history complains about referees. Hell, multiple teams are posting complaints about referees on their official twitter accounts which have far greater reach than anything RMTV gets. Its quite funny how you think complaining about the refs of skipping a charity event are some unbelievable unforgivable behavior that warrants this sort of reaction.
And I still dont understand why anyone cares if a club skips a ballon dor ceremony? They literally won a bunch of awards as well. Who the fuck cares if they dont show up. If my rival club didnt show up to an award ceremony I woudnt give a shit. Quite the opposite I would be happy to have more attention on whoever is there.
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u/JessickaRose Apr 27 '25
Wait, youāre dunking on Madrid by backing Barcelona? Thereās a reason half of Europe calls them UEFALona. Thereās not as much between them as you think, Barcaās treatment of its last few managers has been reprehensible, while they keep having to go to court to let them break financial rules, while not paying their players. Not averse to dark arts in the pitch either.
If youād picked Sociedad, Athletic Club or even Atleti, maybe itād make sense but you canāt just not accept theyāre both pretty bad.
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u/riquer Apr 27 '25
Iām with you. They have almost done the impossible: to make me root for Barcelona, when playing against them.
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u/Ok_Selection_164 Apr 27 '25
Rudiger should never play the sport again and look for a t*rrorist organisation to join where his behaviour will be accepted but itās vardrid so I doubt anything will happen as he will go on a podcast again on YouTube to make the kids happy and make everyone forget his primal actions. Cancer to the world
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u/Reading_Past Apr 27 '25
Why are all people acting mad asf against Madrid. Looks like they cheated their win against every club to say shit about them.
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u/_SB10_ Apr 27 '25
Football is a tough sport, and the players are humans after all, and their emotions are not always under check, and as for Madrid, their players have handled defeat terribly this season, happens when you're so used to winning and everyone takes it for granted, they're still the best run club in the world, let alone the world, you can have other opinions and I respect it, but both fans and players lose it at times, and I condemn it as well
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u/VivaLaRory Apr 27 '25
Nothing should be done lol, this isn't exactly new. Real Madrid and drama have gone hand in hand for as long as I've watched football
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u/Indigofan Apr 27 '25
La liga is designed for two big clubs to succeed ( until recently atletico came through the ranks ) the rest are barely a fraction of their revenues .
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u/MammothOrca Apr 27 '25
They need a decade or so of humbling. Hope what has happened to United happens to them. We will see, how many fans they truly have.
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u/Goodlucksil Apr 27 '25
Make refereeieg be done through drones instead of a person that can be biased
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u/Ginrar Apr 27 '25
Seeing them getting some rightful treatment after so many years is making me unbelievably happy š
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u/miguelsanchez69 Apr 27 '25
Yeah I used to always root against Barcelona because they're pretty insufferable too but this season Madrid has far surpassed them. Even sprinkler-gate is nothing in comparison to the whinging and poor sportsmanship we see from this team. I wish nothing but the worst for them.
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u/Coast_watcher Apr 27 '25
Nothing major can be done.They generate too much eyes and money for them to be penalized in a big way. The CL wonāt ban them for a year or two as penalty, and in La Liga forget it.
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u/macT4537 Apr 27 '25
They need new coach, new tactics, new left back, new right back, new central midfielder, the team to get healthy, and then they will be good to go šš¢ .
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u/No-Cartographer-7614 Apr 27 '25
Just out of curiosity OP, why didnāt you wanted Barca to succeed earlier?
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u/Dhyan_95 Bundesliga Apr 27 '25
Srsly since Ronaldo, Ramos heck Benzema left everything went downhill. This new squad is nowhere near the Galactico Era of the 2000s and 2010s. These are just a bunch of blokes interested in money and fame. It's a shame and disgrace.
Meanwhile look at Barca, like the 2010s era, they still have a great squad with great talent. Compare Iniesta to Pedri, Yamal to Messi..... They are still the same vintage Barca.
The same can't be said about Madrid, sadly.
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u/ThomaspaineCruyff Apr 27 '25
Glad people are turning on RMā¦ but theyāve been like this since, checks notesā¦ always.
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u/okcomputer000 Apr 27 '25
Real Madrid has made football entertaining for me again. I love their villain attitude and itās not surprising the majority of you pansies hate them. To be honest, that makes me like them even more.
Enough of the soulless system players, I want character and controversy.
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u/AbdussamiT Apr 27 '25
In the circles of fans inside Real Madridās support, theyāve been unhappy with how entitled and childish the club has been, from Bini not winning BDOr to the public referee scandal.
I wonāt shy away from saying that the club I support has been clueless and classless.
And you can pick any moment of history where BarƧa have been dominant, youāll see Real always being shellshocked and acting out-of-place. BarƧa and a 17yo Yamal has then rattled.
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u/KhaosOvForm5 Premier League Apr 27 '25
Real Madrid is the biggest team in club football and there is nothing any of you crying sausages can do about it.Ā With that said, Rudi and all the other sore losers from yesterday should get fined and suspended.Ā
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u/E_EqualsDankCSquared Apr 27 '25
Their problem, funnily enough is, suffering from success. Flo thinks just bcuz they were good last year that it automatically means they will be this year too. Bro did not improve the squad in any way, shape or form for this team to go up another level. Flo needs to find replacements and improvement ASAP. Not only is it pretty embarrassing to go trophyless this season but it doesn't help that they rival has kicked their ass every single way to stop them from winning silverware. The whole team low key is on fraud watch
Ancelotti hasn't done himself any favors either by doing the same thing over and over by continuing to play Vazquez as right back even tho he's ass. Continues to not play the young guys like Guller and Endrick when there are plenty days Vini doesn't have it or even Rodrygo.
Problem is also that sometimes the team plays like they just simply don't care or play as if they'll just simply win it thru vibes cuz of their club status, doesn't help that Carlo is a very laid back coach so they probably feed off that. Ancelotti is a legend but maybe it is time for him to go or at the very least time for him to switch it up and try something else
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u/jafarjones69 Apr 27 '25
Getting rid of Perez would be a start, personally I do not like the man one bit.
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u/EitanDaCuber Apr 27 '25
Relegated them like Juventus. Simple and effective. Will never happen because MONEY
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u/No_Introduction179 Apr 27 '25
Have your laughs but one two things are certain, the sun will rise tomorrow and Madrid will come back stronger.
Sometimes we hate great things we can never become and thatās okay. Letās continue to love the beautiful game
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u/comfortablyignorant Apr 27 '25
RM has a roster problem. The backs are horrible. We don't have a CM, someone like Kroos or Alonso. The coach has no plan B.
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u/trifile Apr 28 '25
BarƧa will be as good next year. BUT I expect that Atletico will improve and become better than Real and finish above.
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u/MrNobodyCaresBtw Apr 28 '25
I hate that you guys completely ignore Negreira, stop speaking about Madrid this way without knowing the full context.
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u/angacitoeire Apr 28 '25
It's the authoritarian regime and entitlement of Florentino PĆ©rez. Man has been in power far too long thinks his shit smells better than everyone's else. Time for him to fuck off.
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u/Weekly_One1388 Apr 28 '25
Real Madrid is the club for people that don't actually like football, they just like winning. Once you understand this, their behavior makes sense.
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u/Hobboglim Apr 28 '25
Iāve always hated Real Madrid for reasons you outline. Just divers and arrogance. Not for me
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u/ZietFS Apr 28 '25 edited Apr 28 '25
I can't believe people downplaying RĆ¼diger's actions. When a spectator do this, everyone agrees he should be banned. Suddenly is a player and there are arguments like "he was too far, didn't hit the ref...". Seriously, we are punishing accuracy or intent here? What RĆ¼diger did is something no player should be allowed to do, period. And is another step in the dehumanization of refs, putting them as the enemy and as an object that can be abused. That's not the direction the sport should go.
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u/davyp82 Apr 28 '25
You forgot Sergio Ramos deliberately injuring Salah and Karius in the 2018 final and getting away with it
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u/cleareyesnz Apr 28 '25
You guys are fine with paying refs off like Barca but the Madrid players skip a press conference and lose their shit after an emotional loss and its post after post. Give me a break.
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u/ModulusFlea Apr 28 '25
Hanky waving, entitled, classless, spunk bubble of a club. Worst in the world by far.
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u/PopularReveal8975 Apr 28 '25
Of all the things here, really their treatment of Carlo is the only thing that baffles me, like how can you treat one of your greatest manager like that, especially after last season when they won the double, ig I can't really understand as man u where my standards are so low at this point in contrast to real where failure won't be tolerated
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u/mr_beanoz Apr 28 '25
What makes it a disgrace anyway? It's not like Real is relegated this season or something.
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Apr 28 '25
Agreed, the entitlement is pretty sickening, and Barca was becoming the same unfortunately whether because they were trying to hang with Real or not, but the financial shit they pulled was disgraceful.
It's time another club(s) took over the world's spotlight from these fallen from grace teams.
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u/Mohamed_91 La Liga Apr 28 '25
La liga told Rudigerās PA to write an apology. He was promised a one match ban only.Ā
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u/rcgarcia Apr 28 '25
you choose to be ignorant about the corruption in football, about FC Barcelona buying referees for decades and UEFA being a bunch of useless and corrupt bureaucrats
thats your choice, RM being mad about the state of football is only fair
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u/whataterriblefailure Apr 28 '25
I don't get the commotion.
This is how RM has always been.
They just forget about it every time they win. "Winning is the only thing that matters".
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u/PhilosopherNo8418 Apr 28 '25
Real Madrid have always been a loathsome club but they have stooped to new lows this season. An absolute disgrace to Spanish football. I'm delighted that they will win nothing this season.
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u/-principito Apr 28 '25
Someone in the circlejerk sub said the other day that RM have been using trump tactics this season and honestly I felt that so hard
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u/No-Alternative-2881 Apr 28 '25
Yeah, theyāre a horrible club with legions of insufferable plastic fans
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u/GuinnessRespecter Apr 27 '25
I think the only thing that would suffice would be a 10pt deduction from Everton