It has been a dreadful week for Real Madrid although a questionable penalty gave them a 4-3 win against Malaga in the Primera Liga, last Tuesday another 4-3 win spelled disaster.

This time conceding 3 goals at home meant they were out of the Copa del Rey (which they have not won since 1993) on away goals, defeated by Real Union.

Real Union may have been a force in the 1930's, but they now play in the third tier of Spanish football. The first game between the two sides had ended 2-1 in Real Union's favor a fortnight earlier and they qualified thanks to having scored more goals away from home.

The press called it the biggest humiliation in Madrid's history, adding that defeat against Valladolid would mean the end for Schuster.

It was hinted the players wanted him out and the fact that he never even talked to them in the dressing room following the Cup exit, hints at a breakdown of communication. When asked if the players were willing to dig deep to save his job, Schuster himself was far from clear on the issue.

"We'll see that in Valladolid," was all he said on Friday.

Logic says if Schuster is to be sacked, now is the moment to do so. With a week before the next game and half of the squad away on international duty, a new man would have time to bed in before they entertain Recreativo Huelva.

Should Schuster be sacked after next weekend, any replacement would have only two days before what is possibly Real Madrid's most important game of the season so far: a Champions League game away to Belarus team Bate Borisov.

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