Saturday’s victory against Sevilla does not alleviate a 2025 riddled with turbulent moments at Real Madrid. The club and the first team are far from the moments of glory of the season 23-24much closer in time than in sensations. The five titles of that season contrast with the absolute zero of this 2025, which has already been closed in sports. Odd year, which in Madrid is usually not very productive.
2025 started with a painful victory in the final of the Spanish Super Cup in Saudi Arabia, a preview of the troubles that were to come. He 2-5 in favor of Barcelona it painted a gloomy picture, although less black than it ended up being, since Barcelona snatched the other two national titles from Madrid. First, the King’s Cup in the agonizing final of La Cartuja at the end of April; Shortly after, a new defeat against the Catalans, despite a hat-trick by Mbappé in Montjuic, left the title of Liga in the hands of Hansi Flick’s people.
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The european campaign It wasn’t much better. The whites’ debut in the new format of the European Cup, in which they were defending their title, was discreet. The team failed to get into the top eight of the tournament, which condemned them to a playoff against City. The double confrontation against Pep Guardiola’s team was one of the few redeemable moments of the season, with white victories in both the Etihad as in the Bernabeuon Mbappé’s first big night in front of his people. In any case, Madrid’s continental adventure, as it seemed almost from the beginning, was doomed to an early end. Despite surviving a volcanic European derby thanks to the double touch of Julian Alvarez in the Metropolitan round, the Arsenal It cut the whites’ quarter-final run in the bud. Those from London won both at home and in Madrid.
End of cycle
In May there were two farewells that, in reality, were the end of the cycle in Madrid. Luka Modric y Carlo Ancelotti They made their departure from the Bernabéu club official, which said goodbye to them in style in a home match against Real Sociedad. The relief was more than announced, with the confirmation of the arrival of Xabi Alonso to the bench just a day later.
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The objective of the entity then pointed to Club World Cupa tournament that was expected to be the icing on the cake of a season in which seven titles were aspired to and in which only two were achieved, and both in 2024 (European Super Cup and Club World Cup). The staging of the new and ambitious FIFA tournament was exciting, showing the hand of the new coach from the first day. The team showed a acceptable performancebut fell with a crash in the semifinals, against a PSG untableable which, in addition, took advantage of some serious individual errors at the start of the match.
All in all, the World Cup precedent seemed a good base. In the United States they already participated Huijsen y Trent, two of the new faces of the team, from which, in addition to Modric, Lucas Vazquez. Then they came Racing and Mastantuono. With its four new faces, the team had a spirited start in the 25-26 season, reaching the league leadership on the third day. I would lose that privileged position on the day 14after tying in Gironaconfirming a decline that started a month before in Anfieldwhere the first defeat in the Champions League came. Since that match against Liverpool, The team added three defeats and three draws in eight gameswhich moved him to second place in the League.
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After one of those games, the defeat against Celta (December 7), the club began to doubt the suitability of Xabi Alonso. The Basque coach had overcome some crises, such as the defeat in the derby (September 27) or controversial change of Vinicius in the Classic (October 26). The club supported the coach in both cases, but the defeat against the Galicians undermined confidence in Xabi, who has since lived on the tightrope. Victories in the team’s last three games (Alavés and Sevilla in the League and Talavera in the Cup), far from easing the pressure, they have maintained it, because The team’s image is still very far from the expectations of the Club World Cup and the start of this season.
Institutional upheaval
In addition, the club is also experiencing turbulent times regarding institutional. While preparing a change in the corporate model of the entity (about which there is a lack of information and there are plenty of rumours), Real Madrid has become the star of a direct confrontation with Barcelona in connection with the ‘Negreira case’described by Florentino Pérez at the Christmas lunch with the media (December 15) as “the biggest scandal in football history“. Joan Laporta’s response was immediate: he accused Madrid of suffering from “acute Barcelonaitis” and harshly charged against Real Madrid TV, Madrid spokesperson on the refereeing situation in recent seasons, with very harsh criticism from which neither the RFEF nor LaLiga are saved. In parallel, the club maintains its conflict with the UEFA on account of the Super Leaguewith recent judicial rulings favorable to the interests of the whites in a conflict that is presumed to be long-term.
