DBasia.news – Real Madrid’s journey in the 2018-19 Champions League has ended. Ajax Amsterdam beat them at the Santiago Bernabeu and that, ironically, became Madrid’s fourth straight defeat at the Santiago Bernabeu.
The aggregate advantage of 2-1 goals in the first leg did not make Eric Ten Hag’s squad feel scared, on the contrary, they successfully humiliated the home team with a landslide score 4-1 through goals scored by Judge Ziyech, David Neres, Dusan Tadic and Lasse Schöne. Marco Asensio’s goal in the 70th minute was meaningless.
If previously Santiago Solari assessed his team was very missing the figure of Sergio Ramos as the team captain, a different opinion was delivered by one of the mainstay players, Toni Kroos. The German player admitted that El Real did look bad in this match.
“All players failed to reach their best level in this match. I also admitted that. I was not at the best level and it seems we only played well against Barcelona in the Copa del Rey semifinals, but when your team lost 3-0, You can’t say it, “Kroos told Football Espana.
“Yes, being eliminated from the Champions League is indeed very disappointing, but we also have to admit that Ajax deserves to win and advance to the quarter-finals,” the 29-year-old added.
Real Madrid’s defeat of Ajax has indeed been a severe blow to Los Blancos, besides failing to defend the title they have won in three consecutive seasons since the 2015/16 season, this has also been De Godenzonen’s first victory over El Real since 1995.
Not to stop there, the downfall of Madrid in the 2018/19 season also made Solari’s future at the Bernabeu a question mark, especially when rumors circulated that the club had started preparing three names of potential successors, namely Massimiliano Allegri, Mauricio Pochettino or Joachim Low.