Their poor performance started since some of their players got injured. They have been struggling to win matches against teams that they are supposed to trash, but due to their lack of a complete squad, they win most of their games at almost the end of the match, which is not supposed to be for a team like Real Madrid. We are looking forward to winning the La Liga title this season against Barcelona.
Compared to Barcelona and Girona, who have yet to lose any matches but have drawn one match each, they score more goals than Real Madrid, and just a draw yesterday dropped Real Madrid to a third position in the La Liga table. It will be very difficult for them to go back to that top now if they continue playing like this.
I'm sure Madrid won't go down too far. Madrid is Barcelona's rival for the La Liga trophy. Last season Madrid was too relaxed and their focus was on the Champions League. Until they didn't realize that Barcelona was already quite far ahead.
but this season Madrid will not make the same mistake. They may have lost to Atletico but that won't continue to be a downturn for Mdrid's squad. In the next match, they will get winning points.
Last season Real focused on the Champions League because their chances of winning the trophy were higher in UCL. Ancelotti realized that the bench is short, there are practically no substitutes for Modric and Kroos, after Benzema's departure the concept of attack for Madrid ceased to exist. Because one 30 year old rented striker and one 20 year old youngster can't close the gap after Benzema's departure and if Vinicius gets injured it gets even worse.
Real are still lucky that they guessed with the transfer of Bellingham and in fact they squeezed the maximum out of those financial opportunities that they had, but to be honest with their squad now to fight not only in the Champions League, but La Liga will be extremely difficult.