Turin's 0-4 was a harsh correction for a Real that is not so used to suffering such severe defeats. In Europe you have to go back to the 1975/76 season to find the biggest win ever suffered by the txuri urdin squad. It was in the UEFA Cup and against Liverpool, that they won 6-0 in the second leg of the round of 32 after having won at Atotxa 1-3. Curiously, the 1-0 at Anfield scored it John benjamin toshack, ultimately champion of the competition that year.
Defeats by four goals difference in Europe Real had suffered two. One in 1974, on his debut in the UEFA Cup and against Czech Baník Ostrava, who had beaten 1-0 at Atotxa; and another in the group stage of the Champions League in 2013 against Shaktar Donestk.
To find a 0-4 you have to go to the league competition and go back to January 7, 2017 when Sevilla led by Sampaoli defeated by 0-4 in Anoeta to Real de Eusebius with three goals of Ben
Yedder and another from Sarabia.
What this 0-4 does mean is the heaviest defeat that Real has suffered with Imanol on the bench. Until Thursday his two biggest setbacks had been a 5-2 against Sevilla in March 2019 and a 3-0 against Betis in January 2020.
In his career as a professional coach, you have to go back to his time as Sanse coach to find a defeat by four goals difference. It was curiously in a derby against Real Unión at the Stadium Gal, on January 25, 2015, when the de Aitor
Zulaika they won 4-0.