What on earth has Rafa Benitez done to Real Madrid?
Benitez has traditionally been slated for being too defensive, too conservative, too hesitant to attack but all of his defensive magic dust was nowhere to be seen as Barcelona romped to victory in the Bernabeu on Saturday evening.
The men in white were made to look extraordinarily ordinary and inconceivably out of ideas by the footballing exhibition put on Barcelona.
Here’s how we viewed the players… We kept it short and sweet.
Real Madrid
Keylor Navas – Helpless
Danilo – Rattled
Sergio Ramos – Injured
Rafael Varane – Breakfast
Marcelo – Clearance
Luka Modric – Bossed
Toni Kroos – Anonymous
James Rodriguez – Iniesta’ed
Cristiano Ronaldo – Cranky
Karim Benzema – Unfit
Gareth Bale – Predictable
Substitutions
Carvajal (56) – Temper
Isco (59) – Inferno
Barcelona
Claudio Bravo – Forcefield
Dani Alves – Blithe
Gerard Piqué – Leader
Javier Mascherano – Physio
Jordi Alba – Marauding
Sergio Busquets – Engine
Sergi Roberto – Inspired
Ivan Rakitic – Quiet
Andres Iniesta – Class
Neymar – Mature
Luis Suarez – Rabid
Substitutions
Jeremy Mathieu (27) – Deputy
Lionel Messi (56) – GOAT
Munir El Haddadi (77) – Panicked
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