Without League in December

"We will fight for the title, but the league is almost impossible," Mourinho told a news conference after Real Madrid and Espanyol twos will tie at the Santiago Bernabéu. It's very hard, especially reprehensible, that in the month of December, when we have not even half of the season, Real Madrid have already said goodbye to the League. Because for many comebacks have epic starring all white, despite the flag carried by never give up, there are times when there is no more to resign.

Resigned to an FC Barcelona and whose advantage is insurmountable. With 46 points off of 48 possible, seems complicated, but possible-that Tito Vilanova lose 13 points for the remainder of the season. But what seems impossible is that Madrid, now immersed in a dark football worrying will not lose many more.

This day has defined the situation of both teams. While the club will endorse a 4-1 to second in the league , Real Madrid stumbles at home to bottom club championship. You could say that by the merits of one or the other on the pitch, Real Madrid had to overcome. But is that so many white set of problems that ultimately the goal in 87 Albín plundering not surprise anyone.

Jose Mourinho has problems to solve in all field plots. Both the offensive and defensive field have drastically lowered their performance over last season, despite being virtually the same template. The set-pieces is a headache, and Sunday was again conceding a goal after corner.

But also in lost potential attack. The ability to create chances is not the same, not even close, that roll last season.'s Attack is slower and predictable, and limited to individual actions and distant shots rather than combinations. Occasionally when it appears in a flash-like Coentrao goal in the 2-1, or the goal of Oezil in Valladolid-by-play with Benzema, but in dribs and drabs.

It is true that in the first 20 minutes of the second half, to Madrid occasions left over to kill off the game, but between wet gunpowder and the great performance of Casilla, parrot keeper, Espanyol came alive at the closing stages. And that was where the Madrid again showed another common problem: their no ability to control a game. Far from sleep the game, push back his opponent and securing the minutes pass and finishing the plays, dam remained hectic and fast transitions. There was no need for all this, and therefore the Madrid was playing with fire. Albin's goal was not an isolated occasion: Espanyol already had a couple of dangerous approaches.

A thirteen points of Barca in December ... now what? For what Mourinho said: "We do not have to worry about being first, second or third. We have to be stronger. " In other words, forget about the league, work to fix errors and recover the last year's level, and risk everything on one card: the letter of the Tenth .

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