On a warm, humid Madrid evening, Real Madrid
only managed a draw against a defensive-minded Valencia CF. While
Mourinho probably had Wednesday's Supercopa game against FC Barcelona on
his mind, starting Lass Diarra instead of Sami Khedira was simply a
mistake. This is the type of game where the German player is missed, and
the team clearly improved when Lass left the pitch.
There are still 37 Liga games to be played, but being already behind FC Barcelona isn't something that any Real Madrid fan should like. And of course, this game against Valencia is much more important than Wednesday's against Tito Vilanova and his players, but Madrid might have been caught in the middle of the Clásico rivalry a bit too much.
There are still 37 Liga games to be played, but being already behind FC Barcelona isn't something that any Real Madrid fan should like. And of course, this game against Valencia is much more important than Wednesday's against Tito Vilanova and his players, but Madrid might have been caught in the middle of the Clásico rivalry a bit too much.
