The passage of the Real by UEFA Europa League has found that, despite its growth, the team is still far from the possibility of aspiring to ambitious goals. His career has been plagued with difficulties from day one and the tie against him Manchester
United it has only corroborated that storming the European sky requires greater competitive toughness, a residue that for now is lacking.
The Real He has ended his eight games with two wins, four draws and two losses and the feeling that his football has not been accompanied by the results because the team always generated more than it conceded, which also reveals a lack of effectiveness and solidity, Both are necessary to walk steadily across the continent.
The offensive production of the set of Imanol
Sheriff it is unquestionable. It was the team that generated the most corners (68), the second after Hoffenheim German who has accumulated the most possession of the ball (61%), the second who has also shot the most shots at the post (4), the third who has made the most total shots (126), the third who has shot the most away (52) and the fifth with the most passes (4,023).
All this volume, however, has barely reached him to achieve five goals, an average of 0.63 per game that places him as the 52nd team in a ranking of 58 clubs. Therefore, it is not surprising to find that Mikel
Oyarzabal be the player who has hit the post the most balls (2) or the 11th who has fired the most shots outside (8); or what Isak Y Januzaj be fifth in the ranking of footballers who have stopped the most shots (5).
Undoubtedly a very poor balance that explains the difficulties that Real has had to get their games ahead in this competition.
The importance of effectiveness
And if something is making this Europa League clear, it is that the most offensive teams are being penalized for their lack of effectiveness. Thus, six of the nine teams that have fired the most shots on goal (Hoffenheim, Leverkusen, Real, Lille, Naples Y PSV) are eliminated, as well as 11 of the 14 with a higher average number of shots on goal (Hoffenheim, CSKA, LASK, Leverkusen, Real, Lille, Naples, Fast
of
Vienna, Gent, PSV Y Zorya).
Imanol has used 25 players in the eight games played, being Mikel
Merino the only one who has played all eight games. Remiro, Monreal, You
Normand, Oyarzabal, For your, Isak, Zubimendi Y Januzaj They have been other players in whom the Orio coach has placed more confidence.
But passing through Europe
League it also leaves a few million in the club's coffers. According to the figures that UEFA made public last season, the Real would have entered 7,605,750 euros for various concepts, to which should be added the income from the Market Pool that are variable, still unknown and that depend to a great extent on audiovisual rights. However, and due to the cut of more than 500 million euros that the UEFA Due to the effects of the pandemic, it was expected that these revenues would be significantly reduced, so these revenues would be lower.