I love it when you said this is not there best performance although they did well by beating salzburg despite that salzburg aren't their equals, I will also want to say that there's a kind of improvement in the team though it will also be too early for anyone to conclude, all the same congratulations to them on such deserving victory of theirs, yea xabi making use of the three defense yield fruit I think he has been able to figure out one the problem Real Madrid faced last season, if he continues like this, he will get things right, am waiting to see what happens when he face bigger teams next season, I can't conclude that Juventus will be a strong side for them in the next round as the will be meeting each other after all we all know the.current nature of Juventus although will wil see what happens then.
The performance of Real Madrid in this competition is somehow stable than how they performed last season. I feel it is because of the changes in defense and coach. Perhaps the presence of Arnold in the team has boost confidence in the defense. However, until the new season starts, I wont judge if they have improved or not in this competition. Time will tell, in the LaLiga and Champions League I will judge their strength if the team has been revived by Xabi Alonso or not.