DBasia.news – The Santiago Bernabeu became a grave for the host, Real Madrid, when they hosted Ajax Amsterdam in the second leg of the last 16 of the Champions League on Wednesday (6/3) early morning Western Indonesian Time. The Dutch team got rid of the defending champions three times in the Champions League streak.
In the match which ended with a score of 4-1, the home team even had to go two goals behind through Judge Ziyech in the seventh minute and David Neres in the 18th minute. In the second half, El Real had indeed opened hopes through Marco Asensio’s replies, but then the visitors added excellence through Dusan Tadic and Lasse Schöne.
The host’s strength was a little reduced in this match, because the team captain, Sergio Ramos had to be absent due to the accumulation of yellow cards. Plus, their two players, Lucas Vazquez and Vinicius Junior suffered injuries and had to be replaced by Gareth Bale and Marco Asensio in the 29th and 34th minutes.
In response to the defeat that his team had to accept, Santiago Solari as the manager of El Real finally opened his voice. He then revealed what made his team eliminated, one of which was the absence of Sergio Ramos as the team captain in the squad.
“I want to not want to talk about the poor performance displayed by the players. Of course, we miss the team captain (Sergio Ramos). This week is a tough time for Real Madrid, but the support of the fans is extraordinary. They still support we even though the team is in a bad period, “Solari said as reported by the Goal.
“Real Madrid are champions in the last three seasons, today we were eliminated from the Champions League. Yes, this moment was very painful, but the team was also very difficult to win. Real Madrid will always rise and I’m sure we will be stronger, “he added.
In addition to being eliminated from the Champions League, defeat to Ajax also complemented the poor results obtained by Los Blancos, namely, they had to swallow four defeats in a row at the Santiago Bernabeu.
The opportunity to end the season with a trophy was even harder to remember before they were also eliminated from the Copa del Rey. While in La Liga, they are 12 points adrift of the defending champions, Barcelona.