Former Real Madrid striker Pedja Mijatovic believes the current Los Blancos players have lost the hunger and determination to battle for the La Liga title.
He made this known on the backdrop of the team’s poor performance in the league this season.
In a chat with Cadena SER, Mijatovic advised manager Carlo Ancelotti to get more angry with the players in order to get the best from them
“I see a team that is more mentally fragile. The main problem this season is precisely the greatest virtue of last year, this mental strength that the team had.
“It has a lot of footballing quality but it is quite fragile in terms of the mental aspect every time it concedes a goal and that did not happen in previous years when there were comebacks. It is more a mental issue than a footballing one.
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“This squad is less hungry because they have won everything they could have won.
“All this context has made them comfortable and comfort in football is a major problem that kills you. They don’t live the atmosphere like when there was a bit more hunger.”
“My feeling is that he wants to please everyone and some young players who deserve an opportunity when he decides, not when it is demanded of them. I think that a conflict or anger could benefit the team, just think what I’m saying.
“We all know Ancelotti the pacifist, now we need an Ancelotti who gets angry, who sends someone to hell… I’m not going to say it, to see the team’s reaction. Up until a year ago things were working, but now anger, a conflict can give something different because Madrid needs something different.
“I don’t want to say that the coach needs to be changed, but Ancelotti has to change something.”
