Quote from: naira on Today at 11:50:45 AM

One thing that I have never found about Real Madrid is that they never underestimate their opponents, whether in the UCL or in La Liga, even so, Madrid will still consider their opponents to be strong and can provide tough resistance. So those who underestimated Ancelotti and his troops until now were completely wrong. For Ancelotti, now he doesn't need to think about strategy, because there is Davide Ancelotti who is always his father assistant. It was proven against Bayern Munich that he took the initiative to enter Joselu in the +80 minute because of Devide request. Almost 70% of Madrid players are controlled by Davide Ancelotti, but most of us don't realize it.

Apart from that, if you look at the UCL next season, Real Madrid's chances are bigger than this season. The entry of Mbappe and several other players who are rumored to be coming to Madrid will make Ancelotti squad even more solid next season.

One quite huge exception that nobody will soon forget Cheesy

. They lost to a team like Sheriff once, and on the year that they won as well, not like some terrible season they had. That was a season to laugh at a lot but then they got the cup again so not many people were laughing by the end I suppose.

I think Real Madrid has a system that just works even if you are not really thrilled to play, it doesn't require player involvement to the max degree, because the system makes you play, it is not about how players are at their 100% or not, the system itself makes you be at your 100% because it requires you to run, and that's what they do. In the end, I bet that each player has down days, but chemistry among them makes it better.