As you’ll probably fully be aware of by now, Tottenham’s 3-1 win over Real Madrid on Wednesday night hit their fans, the media and the team pretty hard.
Losing their last two games, Zinedine Zidane’s men appear to be in a bit of a rut, and Tomas Roncero, journalist for AS, had a bit of a rant at the team after the match ended.
Explaining there were clear ‘bestial dysfunctions between the defence and the midfield’ on display at Wembley, he also criticised the Real Madrid players for living in the past rather than focusing on the task at hand.
Using Dele Alli, Harry Kane and Christian Eriksen as examples to follow due to their desire to be in ‘football’s Olympus’, Roncero was in awe of the trio’s hunger, which he felt helped bring their talent through far more than their opponents’.
The fact Luka Modric was the one backtracking for the third goal means ‘things aren’t going well’, and Karim Benzema’s lack of goals has led the journalist to question his spot in the first-team, or even at the club.
Seemingly very keen to see Kane in a Real Madrid shirt, Roncero described him as a player who ‘brings me to my feet’, which is the kind of player the La Liga champions need.
Complaints about the offsides leading up to the first goal ensued, before asking Zinedine Zidane to change his recipe completely, because it isn’t working anymore.
It’s amazing what two consecutive losses can do in modern football, isn’t it?
