The coach may have failed to get the best out of the Blancos squad but he was let down by his boss, who failed to sign a Cristiano Ronaldo replacement
Julen Lopetegui is the scapegoat, the captain tossed from the deck of Real Madrid’s sinking ship, but the club’s problems go far deeper than the Spaniard and his skeptical crew.
Granted, Real stars never bought into Lopetegui’s schemes and both the coach and the players must accept their share of the blame for the team's dreadful results, but president Florentino Perez is just as responsible for the current crisis at the Santiago Bernabeu.