I just saw Real Madrid's "elite" team get held to a 1-1 draw in their first La Liga game. A few weeks ago, everyone was so sure that this Madrid team will destroy any and all teams that go against them especially in the champions league but here we have a tier 3 team giving them a run for their money. If Mallorca can give them some heat, I'm pretty sure teams in the UCL will do much more. Let's hope it's not a case of Deja vu remembering that Messi + Mbappe + Neymar couldn't shake teams the way we expected them to. We'll know in the next few weeks.
There are currently multiple star players in Real Madrid. This is a great development on paper, but sometimes it backfires. Because every star player wants to see themselves in the foreground. A team should have a certain quota for star players. Not every player can be a star. Not every star can play in a team. Now, players like Mbappé, Vinicius, Rodrigo are trying to come to the forefront in Real Madrid. This can cause them to shoot when they should be passing. Because they want to come to the fore and show themselves. They showed this in the Mallorca match. I think they play more individually. If they had adapted to team games, I think they could have beaten them. If they play like this, we may not see Real Madrid in the rankings we expect towards the end of the season.