5 most unsuccessful Real Madrid managers in recent times

#1 Julen Lopetegui

The 52-year-old enjoyed a decent spell being at the helm of things for the Spanish national team

Julen Lopetegui was the latest to bear the brunt of poor results at Madrid. It was never going to be easy to manage the Galacticos after the departure of Zinedine Zidane and star forward Cristiano Ronaldo. However, the Spaniard was trusted with the job and named manager on 12 June 2018.

The 52-year-old enjoyed a decent spell being at the helm of things for the Spanish national team.

Things did not start on a positive note for Lopetegui as Real Madrid lost the Madrid derby 2-4 in his first game in charge.

The club struggled to find form under his guidance. A string of bad results such as 0-1 loss to CSKA Moscow in the Champions League group stage, 0-1 loss to Alaves, 1-2 loss to Levante gave hints that his time was limited with Real Madrid.

The final nail in the coffin was when Madrid suffered a horrendous 1-5 loss to arch-rivals Barcelona in the El Clásico on 28 October 2018.

Lopetegui was axed the following day itself and Santiago Solari was brought in as the Interim manager.

Real Madrid had a terrible win percentage of just 42.86 % under Lopetegui which was just not acceptable for the clubs management.