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Real Madrid is undergoing drastic changes to reverse the decline of this season

1:07pm, 14 May 2025【Football】

Real Madrid is undergoing drastic changes. In order to reverse the decline of this season, the club's management decided to change coaches, and it is imperative to poach Xavi Alonso from Leverkusen. Alonso's mission is not only to balance the emerging "Galaxy Battleship 2.0" lineup and challenge Frick's recovered Barcelona, ​​but also to break the curse of Real Madrid's Spanish coach: since Bosque left office in 2003, no Spanish coach has succeeded here.

In the past 22 years, six Spanish coaches have successively held Real Madrid's Seal, but no one can win the trophy, and no one can even coach for a full season.

Camacho - 80 days (July-August 2004)

Camacho and Real Madrid had two brief and bizarre intersections. In 1998, before Bosque for the first time, he resigned only 23 days due to differences in coaching staff with Chairman Lorenzo Sans, and even failed to lead the team to play official games. Although he coached for a while six years later, he still had less than three months. Ambitious he once declared:

"I used to be a boy, and now I am back as a man. My goal is to lead the team back to the position they should - the top of the list." However, the 0-3 defeat of Leverkusen became the fuse, and he left a bitter resignation statement: "The team did not meet expectations. As long as I coach, there will be progress. I have my own coaching method, but the players did not show it on the court, and I can't see any hope of improvement."

Raymond - 101 days (September-December 2004)

After the old Real Madrid goalkeeper took over, his record of 4 draws and 4 losses in 20 games made him replaced by Brazilian coach Lucemberg in the winter.

Carlo - 208 days (December 2005-June 2006)

Carlo, who is famous for his iron fist, emphasized: "There are only soldiers on the court in the future, no superstars." But after losing to Olympiacos 1-2, defender Pavin admitted to adapting to the difficulties: "He wants order and discipline, but everything comes too quickly."

Failure is not only due to tactical conflicts: Arsenal was eliminated from the Champions League, lagging behind Barcelona 12 points in the league, and defeating Zaragoza 1-6 in the semi-finals of the Copa RE. In addition, the management turmoil caused by Florentino's resignation, Capello finally took over the coach's seal.

Juander Ramos - 202 days (December 2008-June 2009)

Ramos, who replaced Schuster in the middle, once revitalized the team, but the Bernabeu's 2-6 defeat at Barcelona became the darkest moment of his career. After finishing four consecutive losses and being doubled by Liverpool in the Champions League quarter-finals 0-5, he left the office sadly before Ronaldo joined.

Benitez - 187 days (July 2015-January 2016)

Florentino's choice to break the six-year "Sijima ban" has become a nightmare. Western media disclosed that its "complex tactical instructions confused superstars such as Ronaldo and Modric", and the illegal substitution incident of the King's Cup Rey became even worse. Ironically, if Coach Belarus had not failed, Zidane might have taken office and created a three-game miracle in the Champions League.

Lopetegui - 120 days (July-October 2018)

The most dramatic chapter. Lopetegui was fired by the Spanish Football Association 48 hours before the World Cup opening due to a private agreement with Real Madrid. Worse: Spain stopped in the quarterfinals, while Real Madrid fired it after a 1-5 national derby defeat.

The heavy task of reconstruction has overwhelmed him: After Ronaldo left the team, Vinicius, with a total of 45 million, was not yet mature, and Audriosola, with a total of 32 million, and Mariano, with a total of 20 million, inheriting No. 7, could not fill the vacancy. Real Madrid's official statement pointed out the key points: "The board of directors believes that the quality of the lineup is seriously inconsistent with the poor record. We have 8 players shortlisted for the Golden Ball candidate, which is the first time in the club's history."