Should Real Madrid sack Lopetegui before El Clasico?

After losing to Levante, after five matches without a win and just one week to go until visiting Barcelona at the Camp Nou , Should Real Madrid sack Lopetegui before El Clasico?

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Marcelo: Real Madrid players are with Lopetegui to the death

Just as Dani Ceballos did, Marcelo has thrown his support behind under-fire Real Madrid boss Julen Lopetegui after the European champions suffered yet another defeat on Saturday afternoon.Marcelo himself got on the scoresheet to end Madrid's goalless run but it was not enough to stop them from falling 2-1 at home to Levante."We are with him [Julen Lopetegui] to the death," Marcelo told beIN LaLiga after the game."He speaks to us clearly and there is a good relationship between us and him, we have to let him work."I feel the colours of this club and I feel bad when we don't win, you cannot compare Lopetegui with [Rafa] Benitez."Levante left the Santiago Bernabeu with an unlikely win, but Marcelo is unconvinced that they were deserving of their three points."Levante didn't do much," he said."They took advantage of our mistakes at the start and we tried to get back level."We were dead at the end of the match because we left our skins out on the pitch."Marcelo also admitted that the squad were slightly worried, but denied they were in fear."We are worried," he continued."The pressure at Madrid is tremendous and we have to face the cameras. We are not afraid, we are worried."

Levante leave Lopetegui on the edge

Real Madrid manager Julen Lopetegui's troubles picked up where they left off following the international break with a 2-1 defeat to Levante on Saturday afternoon at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid.A club-record eight hours and one minute later, Los Blancos managed to break their goal-less drought through a Marcelo goal in the 72nd minute, but it came with Real on the wrong side of a 2-0 scoreline after a seventh minute goal from the excellent Jose Luis Morales and a penalty conversion from Roger in the 13th minute.The defeat extends Real's losing streak to three matches and their winless skid to five, surely making for an insufferable week for Lopetegui ahead of El Clasico against Barcelona next Sunday. Real could also call themselves dreadfully unlucky on the day, as they hit the woodwork three times. But full credit is also due to Levante, who played bravely by showing inventiveness in attack and full sacrifice in defence.There were certainly some surprises in Lopetegui's starting XI, beginning up top. Stalwarts Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale were nowhere to be found; instead it was a trio of Lucas Vazquez, Marco Asensio and Mariano. Isco also made a return to the starting line-up, while Dani Carvajal's injury resulted in another start for Adrian Odriozola at right-back.

Levante made their intentions known early and often. Anytime the Frogs got ahold of the ball, they broke quickly on the counter-attack and inside the first 10 minutes they stunned the Bernabeu with a Morales goal to take a 0-1 lead. Sergio Postigo played an inch-perfect long ball over the top and Morales out-raced centre-back Raphael Varane and rounded hesitant goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois before hitting a strong finish to hand Levante a 0-1 lead.Whistles dripping in disgust rained down on the white shirts from the home supporters, but things would only get worse minutes later. Varane's early nightmare continued, as he was caught with a handball right on the outer edge of the area. Initially it was ruled a free kick, but VAR changed it correctly to a penalty and Roger converted the spot kick to make it a 0-2 Levante advantage.VAR was back in the spotlight minutes, this time taking a Real goal off the crossbar. An Isco corner kick was met by the driving forehead of Casemiro, who thumped a header off the crossbar. The ball spun up in the air and fell for Asensio, who nodded in from a metre out, but amid the celebration VAR ruled that Asensio was offside and the Real scoreless streak continued.It's not like Real were playing poorly; Los Blancos were creating a good chunk of chances, it's that just Lady Luck was on the side of the visitors. The crossbar came into play yet again on a corner kick, this time Mariano egging a header that slammed off the woodwork. The follow up header from Casemiro also flirted with the goal, but Levante goalkeeper Oier was there to shepherd it wide.Real's best chances were coming off corner kick and Lucas Vazquez had it all there to snag a goal before half-time when he found himself all alone at the back post with Oier just three metres in front, but incredibly the Levante No.1 made the stop. Levante remained a threat on the counter and thought they had a third through Ruben Rochina, but VAR confirmed that Tono offside by just a hair when receiving a pass on the build-up.

Lopetegui had no other choice but to turn to his bench to spark the attack, so Bale was summoned at the break to start the second stanza in place of Odriozola. But the Welshman had little impact, and so Benzema and Dani Ceballos were called on at the hour mark to replace Isco and Asensio, respectively.For the final half-hour it was one-way traffic, with Levante pegged back in their own area. Oier was called on to make a diving save of a Bale free-kick, but minutes later the Levante stopper could do nothing to stop an absolute bullet from Marcelo, who took a pass from Benzema and hammered home to snap Real's goalless streak at 481 minutes and made it 1-2.The momentum was all with Real, and for a third time the woodwork had to come to Levante's rescue when the post denied a curling right-footer from Benzema. It all made for a nervy final 10 minutes for fans on both sides: Real launching attack after attack against a Levante defence clinging to a one-goal advantage that few would have predicted. Mariano thought he had the equaliser after an Oier save on a Benzema header, but the Dominican was ruled offside. In the end, Levante held strong, leaving Real in a much deeper crisis than 90 minutes prior.

Premier League: Mourinho clashes with Chelsea coaching staff in heated finale to clash at Stamford Bridge

When Chelsea grabbed a late equaliser at home to Manchester United, a member of their coaching staff celebrated in front of the visitors' bench and it sparked ugly scenes with Jose Mourinho at the centre. The Portuguese coach jumped up and had to be restrained as he tried to find the culprit. It took several minutes for the situation to calm down and after the game Chelsea coach Maurizio Sarri was quick to apologise.