Former Real Madrid winger slammed Real Madrid players in the aftermath of Champions league debacle
Former Real Madrid winger Steve McManaman has slammed Real Madrid players for their horror display against Wolfsburg in the Champions league.
“I thought they were woeful, I really did. Defensively the right-back and left-back were just all over the place, coupled with Pepe and Sergio Ramos who looked like they hadn’t played with each other before,” he told BT Sport after the game.
Former Real Madrid winger slammed Real Madrid players in the aftermath of Champions league debacle
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“I was astounded as to how bad they were. I expected a real calm, measured performance as well. It was like schoolboy, Under-10s or Under-12s defending.”
While, Gareth Bale blasted on the referee’s decision for not giving him penalty in the earlier exchanges of the game.
“I’ve been told that it wasn’t offside, so there’s that, and right at the start of the game I had a clear penalty on me which wasn’t given,” he said.
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“I felt like I got the ball, got in front of him and got smashed over. For me, if it’s outside the box then it’s a free-kick so inside it’s a penalty. It’s obviously frustrating.
“Things haven’t gone for us tonight and maybe gone against but, no excuses, we weren’t good enough tonight and we have another game now to put it right and hopefully we can.”
Wolfsburg forward Andre Schurrle stated that he and his teammates exploited the spaces to punish Real Madrid to secure 2-0 advantage in the first leg.
We took advantage of the space and we went out to sprint when we were able to score a goal,” he said, AS reports.
“The best thing we’ve done is defend, which is a very important thing when you play Real Madrid.
“We’ve played badly in the Bundesliga and maybe it was expected we were going to concede six goals.”