As crisis around Real Madrid is getting worse after shock 1:0 defeat to Alaves, the rumors of Julen Lopetegui's departure become more intense. Los Blancos captain Sergio Ramos stood up for the troubled manager and stated that everyone in the club fully support Lopetegui. In his interview to AS defender said:
To change the manager would be insane. The people who think that Real Madrid is dead and buried are wrong. We’ll fight to death, it’s in our DNA. We are concerned about the situation, and I hope we will change things really soon. The time has come.
- Real Madrid can’t score a single goal within 4 consecutive games
- Lopetegui joined the club this summer as replacement of triumphant Zinedine Zidane