Getafe Vs. Real Madrid:Madrid Looses 2-1 to Getafe

Week two of La Liga and Real Madrid is already five points behind FC Barcelona. The team got the lead before halftime but conceded the tie off a set-piece -is that familiar?-. After that, Mourinho made some risky substitutions that led to some easy counterattacks by Getafe. In one of those, Abdel Barrada put his team in front and Getafe never looked back. Real Madrid rarely seemed capable of equalising.

  The blame for this one should be shared. First, Mourinho and Real Madrid's chairmen waited too long before signing reinforcements. On the other hand, Real Madrid's defenders don't get how to defend set-pieces. I'm sure Mourinho and his staff are working on this matter, but for some reason the players don't get it. Cristiano Ronaldo and Özil are in terrible shape also. Even though the German player looked better after Lass was replaced for Benzema, he seems to disappear after 70 minutes, and that's a problem he's been dealing with these last two years. The bad form of every player made them look like Segunda División men in every action that required a minimum of skills with the ball.

One way or another, Real Madrid now has 36 games to overcome a five-point deficit against a FC Barcelona that didn't deserve to win against Osasuna but ended up getting the three points, something Real Madrid should try to do.