Tomás Roncero Says what Everyone Thinks and Points to This Player: 'He's a Mess...'

Journalist Tomás Roncero expresses the feelings of Real Madrid fans toward the team with his opinions. These stantements arrive after the 3-1 against Milan, which follows the 4-0 against Barça. Roncero is especially harsh with Mbappé and Tchouaméni.

Roncero expressed his displeasure with Real Madrid's performance on Cadena SER: "Five months ago we were the envy of the entire world."

Remember that it was "a supportive, committed team that played wonderfully, that competed and that won both the Champions League and La Liga."

"Lack of Attitude"

But everything has changed overnight. Now the white team "is totally blurred, erratic, doesn't press and there are brutal distances between the lines."

Roncero is worried because he senses that the players are waging war on their own to overcome this difficult moment:

"Last summer, the club thought that, with Mbappé's transfer, everything would be resolved. However, they should have signed a defender and a midfielder to cover the losses of Nacho and Toni Kroos."

The journalist from the newspaper As resorts to the argument that hurts Real Madrid the most: the lack of attitude of some of its players:

"Madrid doesn't press even when playing at home. It doesn't steal the ball to create dizzying counterattacks, nor does it subdue its opponent."

He pointed the finger directly at Aurélien Tchouaméni. "He's a mess but he plays every day because it seems that he is indispensable to give balance to the team," he said.

However, Roncero has a different concept of balance: "But it's a balance that is actually an imbalance, because on top of that they lose balls and give goals away to their rivals ."

"Is Mbappé a Jinx?"

He added, referring to Tchouaméni: "The first two goals... In the first one they get ahead of them in the corner; in the second one, they simple gave it to the opponent. Every day we miss Casemiro more."

Roncero also misses Toni Kroos: "The team has lost its joy, it no longer smiles. Then there's the fact that players like Endrick or Arda Güler don't even come off the bench."

Look at Carlo Ancelotti: "The coach is looking for the key but he can't find it. The mood has gone bad and the team is not getting back on its feet."

"Madrid is not getting up from the mat. It happened to them on Barça's day and today we've seen a repetition of it," said Roncero.

The deputy director of the newspaper As is particularly upset with Kylian Mbappé: "I want to think that Mbappé isn't a jinx. Since he arrived, Madrid is a different place (...). We were very happy six months ago: a player we've been waiting for for seven years finally arrives. Now the state of happiness has vanished."

Roncero Asks for a Bench for Mbappé

And he reminds the French star: "Barça and Milan: zero goals."

Roncero also sends a message to Florentino Pérez: "The time has come to tell the club that it has to take a step forward and that, in January, we have to sign players. We have fallen short of a squad."

A message to Ancelotti: "We need to ask the team for more energy. And Ancelotti needs to give minutes to Güler and Endrick."

Tomás Roncero goes even further: "Why not bench Mbappé? He has to revolutionize the team. If sacred cows have to be put on the bench, then let them be."

At El Chiringuito, Roncero was particularly harsh with Mbappé: “Kylian, score some goals. I know you're very good for the headlines: Mbappé is great, one of the best in the world. Now I want to see it myself.”

He reminds him: "Against Barça, three one-on-ones for the goalkeeper. Today, Maignan looked like a redeemed Courtois. Before, at PSG, he would put them in the top corner... "

He concludes his message to Mbappé: "It's not that difficult, Kylian. We know you're very good but we wanted you for these days. I didn't want him to score three against Osasuna. I wanted him with Barça, with Milan, for the big nights at Bernabéu, so that his magic would be ours."

Valdano Looks at the Bench and the Box

For his part, Jorge Valdano has distributed responsibilities and no one comes out well.

"The coach has a responsibility, because whenever there's no order, the coach has some responsibility. There are individual responsibilities, there are great players who haven't reached their best moment. There's responsibility in the design of the squad," he said.

The LaLiga and European champions have entered into a crisis that no one expected just a few weeks ago.