This season, Real Madrid lost twice, and consistently, faced with the sworn enemy of FC Barcelona. A 4-0 defeat against the Catalans in Liga last October, then a 5-2 humiliation inflicted by the men of Hansi Flick in the Spanish Super Cup final at the beginning of the month. And this weekend, in the final of the Spanish Super Cup, Barça crushed the Merengues on the 5-0 score. A defeat that hurts, especially since contrary to what is happening in men where Real Madrid manages to win titles and is well positioned in Liga again this season, the players of Real Madrid are in the shadow of Their Barcelona rivals on all levels.
Indeed, in Spanish women's football and even on the European scene, it is Barça that makes the law. The band of Aitana Bonmati and Alexia Putellas has thus won the last five ligas as well as the last two champions leagues, not to mention the national cups gleaned with the shovel. And Real Madrid suffers enormously in these duels against Barça. The last goal scored by the Merengues to the Blaugranas players dates back to… January 2023, two years and six games without scoring a single goal in a Clasico.
The shame of Real Madrid?
Since the Real Madrid women's team has existed – the club had bought the CD Tacon license in 2020 – 16 clasicos were disputed. Real Madrid, now second in La Liga, has won none. And yet, the management of the club of the Spanish capital does not hesitate to strengthen the team with each transfer window in the image of the arrivals of Linda Caicedo or Alba Redondo last summer, but nothing helps, the Barça is always (infinitely) superior. Inevitably, that makes task and it is more and more reacting in Spain, where Spanish football is rather popular. “Real Madrid cannot afford to have a losing female section. Either you do a competitive section, or you don't do it. Real Madrid cannot afford to have such a losing section ”the famous journalist and presenter of the Cadena Cope Juanma Castaño.
Florentino Pérez is therefore clearly under the fire of criticism, especially since unlike his counterpart Joan Laporta, he had not even moved to attend the match. And this is not the first time. Aware of these problems and this Barcelona domination, the owner of Real Madrid notably recruited Francisco García Sanz, former president of Wolfsburg, reference in terms of women's football who will bring his expertise in women's football. For its part, Barça intends to continue on this dynamic. “I do not know how the distance we have with Real Madrid, but our ambition and our responsibility is to increase it even more”said Alexia Potellas after the match. The message is clear …
