Real Madrid and the “too many wins” problem

There are many explanations for Real’s drop : physical extenuation because the medical staff did mistake in the aftergame recovery, the exaggerated optimism given by the nine points in plus, a block suffered by all teams trained by Bernd Schuster (in the moment they reach the peak), many injuries, the absence of Robinho or Van Nistelrooy inefficiency (no goal in the last 6 games.)

To all these we can add one more.Real Madrid is affected by too many wins in a short interval.Such series brings points in charts but also makes the team vulnerable.The club gets used with success, reach the maximum level but when the team suffer a defeat it louse the equilibrium and hardly get back in the game.

Real humiliated Valladolid with 7-0 and everybody praise them.But when they suffered the first failure they didn’t manage to stand up.And it may take a while until they get back into game.According to a German specialist (Andreas Heuer) who analyzed over 12000 games, a team that won four games in a row has 25% less chances to win the next one.

Heuer study soccer since 1965 and he also realized that a team in this situation needs at least 8 games to recover and reach again a high level.Also he noted that changing the coach doesn’t work in these situations.