Elche 115,4–Real Madrid 100,3, and the effort argument
Your team lost in La Liga again. Elche 115,4–Real Madrid 100,3 (9). Jose Mourinho and his players are taking the hit for it.
The line from the coverage is not about the referee. It is about how much running and work went into winning points, and there was not enough of it (9).
The board is fighting LaLiga now
Real Madrid have asked for Javier Tebas to go. LaLiga president Tebas answered back and aimed his response at Florentino Pérez (1).
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This is the derby fallout, still running, and the club and the league are not talking to each other, they are talking past each other (1).
The club is blaming the referees
Real Madrid are pushing the arbitration line hard. Article 6 does not soften it: the club is already waving the accusation around in September, and using up that card early is a bad sign (6).
Gerard López gave the club's own people a line worth repeating. In his view, in their football "la voluntariedad tiene peso", intent carries weight (6).
Valdano and Álvaro Benito on the chaos
Jorge Valdano and Álvaro Benito took the team apart on the record (7).
Valdano pointed at "los problemas de presión", the pressing problems (7). Benito laid out what a team has to be first: "tienes que tener un equipo junto y que defienda para poder robar y correr", you need a tight team that defends so it can win the ball and run (7). And his headline number: "El 85% de los jugadores son de caos", 85 per cent of the players are chaos (7).
Endrick could go on loan in January
Endrick may leave in January on loan. Milan and Roma are interested, and the move depends on Real Madrid (2).
Carlo Ancelotti's read on him, from the same story: "Vai ser um jogador importante para a Seleção no futuro", he will be an important player for the national team in the future (2).
Vinicius's renewal is not the win it looked like
Vinicius signed to 2032. It was sold as a market coup over the summer (4).
It is now raising questions instead (4).
Pitarch goes to Castilla to get fit
Real Madrid have sent Tiago Pitarch to Castilla with an intensive plan to get his fitness back and put him in contention for Mourinho (12).
Brahim Diaz is a doubt
Morocco have called up Ilias Akhomach. That puts Brahim Diaz's involvement in Morocco's upcoming fixtures in doubt (10).
Mbappe's record, and his Liverpool near-miss
Kylian Mbappe is the all-time leading scorer in World Cup history, at 27, with 22 goals in 22 World Cup matches (13). He said he never expected to get there this young (13).
He also said he came close to joining Liverpool in 2017, before staying in France and signing for PSG (11).
Yan Diomande answers the 140 million comment
Loredana Zefi commented on what Real Madrid's new forward should have cost. Yan Diomande came back at her: "140 millones, eso pidieron… siempre van a venir a criticarnos… Nosotros solo seguimos subiendo" (8).
Fan reactions
Real Madrid's women drew 1–1 with PSG in the UWCL opener, and the Sakina Karchaoui penalty on 74 minutes is the moment fans are posting about (link). On the men's side, the mood is split between the Tebas vs Florentino Pérez fight (link) and a long post arguing that graphs and numbers circulating after the derby are distorting the debate among the fanbase (link).
