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After 33 years, Julen Lopetegui is now the only the 3rd Real Madrid manager to go four games without his team scoring a single goal. The Los Blancos' new manager seems to have tried everything but without any success.
The clock ticks with extra speed at Real Madrid and it's clear that he will soon be out from the hot-seat unless he finds solutions fast. Without wasting much time, let us quickly evaluate the reasons for Real Madrid's dip in form.
#1 Lack of an efficient goalscorer
Karim Benzema only had five goals in the league in the previous season and failed to find the goals when needed this time around. Mariano came to help share the burden but he failed to impress in fewer minutes and as a substitute with Los Blancos.
Real Madrid always seemed to knew a way to put the ball in the net thanks to their talisman, Cristiano Ronaldo. His numbers with the club speak for themselves.
But with him gone to Juventus this summer, Real Madrid were left with Karim Benzema and Mariano as their only Strikers with an injury prone Gareth Bale to share the goal-scoring load.
#2 Injuries
Injuries to key players like Isco and Marcelo left Real Madrid licking their wounds. Both these players are important in breaking down opposing defences with their dribbling and creativity. Add to that, Gareth Bale had his fair share of knocks and so did Dani Carvajal.
Karim Benzema will be out for two weeks with his latest injury he picked up from the last match vs Alaves. Evidently, Real Madrid missed their firepower with backups not suitable to fill their gap.
#3 Lack in form of the famous midfield trio
There are a lot of problems to solve for the new Real Madrid manager and not enough time. With El Clasico looming around the corner which will decide his future at the Santiago Bernabeu, he must show why he was chosen after the great Zinedine Zidane and look for solutions.
The holy trinity of Luka Modric, Toni Kroos and Casemiro which was key to Real Madrid's success in these last few seasons are going through a major dip in form.
They look a bit exhausted and made some errors which they don't usually make. Julen Lopetegui must find a way to motivate them as soon as possible to get things going.
