La Liga Madrid’s Last Chance

Real Madrid did not want to sink too long over Olympique Lyon expelled from the Champions League. Los Merengues now can instead concentrate fully to La Liga, competition remains that they could win.

The number of labeled a star player in Madrid’s camp was not able to remove the curse of the quarter. Since bent AS Monaco in the 2003-04 season, the trophy holder of this most Spanish league never able to reach last 16 of the Champions League with Olympique Lyon became the last barrier after losing 1-2 aggregate.

So it naturally if the entire team is overwhelmed by a deep disappointment. Moreover, this defeat makes Los Merengues have to let Santiago-Bernabeu venue which held the Champions League final this season, used by two other teams.

However, there are always lessons to be learned from each incident. Similarly, the removal of Madrid but this will only make the club which is led by Florentino Perez became more focused to the Spanish League.

“We are sad but still need to be calm. We must be wise. A few days later, we will assess what is happening in this season, but now we must focus on La Liga,” said goalkeeper Iker Cassilas on the official club website.

A similar attitude was shown by Esteban Granero. Versatile midfielder is eager to have his team can win La Liga title as a solace.

“We started the game (against Lyon) well and have a number of opportunities to play more comfortably in the second round, but it was not enough. We have to win the La Liga after all the way. We need this for our fans,” said the former Getafe player.