

English former player Steve McManaman, represents everything that was right with Real Madrid back in the day. Even if they didn't have all the money in the world back in the 90's decade, the fighting spirit they all had was enough to win their eighth and ninth European Championship in history. This prowess and valor was missing last Wednesday in the team, and the Englishman spoke about it during his work as pundit for BT Sports.
"I thought they were woeful, I really did. From the highs of getting a good result on Saturday to really low lows tonight. Defensively the right-back [Danilo] and left-back [Marcelo] were just all over the place, coupled with Pepe and [Sergio] Ramos who looked like they hadn't played with each other before. I was astounded as to how bad they were. I expected a real calm, measured performance as well.
"It was like schoolboy, Under 10s or Under 12s defending. Marcelo walks across with his arms behind his back (for Wolfsburg's second goal) and [Maximilian] Arnold gets two yards ahead of Ramos. It seems like the manager just prays on the sidelines that they get it together. It looks as if they just freestyle,” he added.
"It just looks horrific. You can't blame the manager because he's just said to the same team which played against Barcelona on Saturday - apart from Danilo - 'go out and do it again'. The whole team should be lambasted and the manager will take a hit. You can't have super Zidane on the paper on Sunday and then not say anything today (Gareth) Bale should have had a penalty in the fourth minute but that is no excuse for the next 90 minutes. They literally downed tools.”
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