Diego Lopez says Real Madrid need to gt nine points from their final three games if they are to have any hope of lifting the title this season.
Los Blancos could only manage a 2-2 draw with Valencia at home on Sunday, failing to take advantage of Atletico de Madrid’s 2-0 loss at Levante earlier in the day. Barcelona also failed to win on Saturday evening – meaning this was the first weekend in over a year that any of the top three in Spain had not won.
After the match, Lopez admitted the players had blown the opportunity to add serious pressure on Atletico, and now must win all three games to have any hope.
“Only a win was going to do us but given how things have gone this weekend, a draw isn’t that bad a result. Once again we have seen just how hard it is to win in La Liga and we, just like everyone else, will be made to suffer in the remaining games. It is going to be very tough but we’ll go out to pick up all nine points,” he stated.
And he added that the joy at having reached the final of the Champions League may have had an effect as Los Blancos started slowly and lacked intensity throughout.
“We came into this game on the back of reaching a final for the first time in years and all the euphoria surrounding such a big result bears its toll. Perhaps we weren’t as intense and focused as we have been in other games. Valencia made things difficult for us,” the keeper said.
