5 reasons why Real Madrid shouldn’t sack Lopetegui

#2 Lackluster players and injuries

Isco is out and Modric is still tired

The World Cup was a gruelling tournament, especially for the teams that went deep and had to play more. In this regard, Croatia had the worst of it because not only did they reach the final but had to play 360 minutes of football in the knock-out games prior to that.

As a result, the jadedness can still be seen in Luka Modric, who could barely even walk during the extra time of Croatia’s semi-final encounter against England. Ever since the beginning of the season, he has looked tired and he is not the only one.

Toni Kroos has been inscrutably lacklustre. He has casually misplaced a number of passes so far this season and against CSKA Moscow, it ended up costing the game for Madrid.

Marco Asensio’s rise promised a lot of things but his limitations as a footballer are becoming apparent with each passing game. Benzema, meanwhile, started the season on fire but has extinguished in the last 5 games.

Raphael Varane, too, isn’t looking like his best version after returning from the World Cup. All of this, coupled with Madrid’s injury problems – Isco, Marcelo, Carvajal and Bale are currently having issues – is making it incredibly hard to Lopetegui to keep everything together.