Following Saturday’s disastrous result at the Bernabéu, Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez was singled out as the person most at fault. According to a online voting carried out by leading daily Marca.com more than readers voted and assigned blame for what happened. Although everyone involved shared in the overall blame, The Real Madrid president picked up over 42% of the votes as the person most to blame for the crisis at the club following its embarrassing home defeat to Barça.
Pérez came in a long way ahead of Benítez (31.9%) and the players themselves (26%) when assigning blame for the team’s current situation.
That said, Real Madrid’s top dog has been called upon to make a decision: sack Rafa Benítez. At least, that is what almost 62% of those polled want. 65% also expressed their dislike for Benítez’s chosen starting XI.
One of the most interesting things is that the Bernabéu faithful are most disappointed with the club’s big-name stars. Bale, Ronaldo and Benzema are amongst the players that fans blame most for the historic defeat. Them, and Danilo.
The players that fans are least disappointed with are Carvajal, Marcelo, Navas, Modric and James, in that order.
Fans think it highly unlikely that Real Madrid will go on to lift the league title. 76% believe that Los Blancos will be unable to make up the six-points that Barcelona currently lead them by.