A calamity at Ipurua saw Eibar demolish Real Madrid in a one-sided affair. Santiago Solari’s tenure as a permanent manager started with a 3-0 defeat to the Basque team.
Thibaut Courtois impressed while Dani Ceballos and Sergio Ramos dropped disaster-classes. We rate the Los Blancos players based on their performances.
REAL MADRID 4-3-3
Thibaut Courtois (7/10): Best player on the field for Real Madrid, prevented further humiliation after a series of some good saves, couple of them from point blank range.
Alvaro Odriozola (2/10): Dominated by Marc Cucurella throughout, forced off due to an injury in the second half.
Raphael Varane (5/10): An average performance by the Frenchman, was crucial in warding off a couple of attacks that could’ve led to goals, though.
Sergio Ramos (2/10): Ramos did his best to prove that he’s not implicated in any doping with an absolute shocker, easily the worst player on the pitch.
Marcelo (5/10): Funny that Madrid’s best attacking player is their left-back. But typically Marcelo could’ve defended a lot better.
Dani Ceballos (2/10): Looked utterly clueless throughout, lost the ball which led to the second goal.
Luke Modric (3/10): Was comfortably overpowered by Eibar’s midfield. Joan Jordan and Gonzalo Escalante did not have to break sweat.
Toni Kroos (3/10): Lacked press-resistance, creativity, threat and pretty much everything.
Gareth Bale (3/10): Started off with a 6/10 performance but went downhill and was anonymous in the second half.
Karim Benzema (3/10): Failed to break the offside traps, awful movement and sub-par finishing.
Marco Asensio (3/10): Failed to keep up with Orellana, toothless in attack.
Karim Benzema was back to firing blanks
Substitutes:
Daniel Carvajal (5/10): Delivered a couple of crosses after coming on, Madrid attack looked more lively after he was introduced.
Isco (3/10): Can’t make a case for a spot in the starting line-up with performances like these.
Vinicius Junior (4/10): Failed to provide the final product, but in his defence, you can’t throw a teenager into the fire and ask him to extinguish with a glass of water.