Peja Mijatović, who has already seen the real problems of Arbeloa’s Madrid and pointed out the mistake of blaming Xabi Alonso, analyzed Madrid’s defeat in Albacete, where the merengue team was eliminated from the Copa del Rey, on the program “El Larguero”.
“The truth is that what happened in the last three days at Real Madrid certainly seems strong,” he told Manu Kaleo.
Mijatovic: “If we had Modric, Kroos, Sergio Ramos in the team, for example, we would be more calm…”
The former Montenegrin footballer, who played for Real Madrid from 1996 to 1999 and was the club’s director of football from 2006 to 2009, points out that there is no real leader in the locker room to say what needs to be said at bad times.
A team without a specific leader. A leader who says, “Look, this has to be this way.”
“Do I see that this team can turn things around for Real Madrid? Yes, right… I would be more relaxed if the team had, for example, Modric, Kroos, Sergio Ramos, or a leader, an old guard who can take these youngsters in a moment and say: ‘Well, guys, calm down, what’s going on?'” he told SER.
Mijatovic: “Only the players can remove this”
Peja Mijatović confessed that he was “worried”, but pointed out that Real Madrid’s relaxation during the visit to Albacete may have cost them dearly, adding: “We lost an important game (Super Cup) against our arch-rival, There have already been games where the manager has changed, and the players think, “Well, we’re going to play with our left hand, no big deal.” And then something similar happens to them. Yes, I’m worried.”
The former football player did not hesitate to criticize the players again. “I said, maybe it’s not a coach’s problem, it’s a player’s problem. The only people who can solve this situation right now are the players, not the president or the coaches. This can’t be solved any other way. There’s no other way.”
“What kind of analysis can you make? You are already playing against a very low-ranked team, so you can have a bad period for 30 minutes, you can have a situation where you don’t react well and you can lose concentration and still be taken out of the draw… That lack of attitude, that calmness, we are already in the comfort zone of being the best, we have time and we will fix it. But this happens to you because in football you have time,” he said.
