Real Madrid's problem is not Sergio Ramos

Cristiano Ronaldo woke up at the weekend to the first puncture of Real Madrid's season.

Julen Lopetegui became entangled in Bilbao with substitutions.

Between the comfortable, Lucas Vazquez, and the uncomfortable, to put on Mariano to grab a goal, he chose the former.

Vazquez replaced Bale, a detail that detracted even more strength to the team.

The Champions League is the big goal, they all say now - at the beginning of the season.

In May, depending on who the champion is, LaLiga Santander will be valued more.

We have seen it in the past few years.

But the advantage in the analysis is because football is so visceral, you can deny you need Cristiano on the third day but miss him badly on the fourth.

What are we left with? Reflections.

Oh, and, another surprise; Sergio Ramos' faults.

Without Cristiano Ronaldo, there's Ramos.

One ego for another.

The captain, who has no one to discuss anything with him now, has decided to shoot penalties and, it seems, also the freekicks for the right-footed players.

Real have changed from one character for another, as if Ramos couldn't do without such a role.

Cristiano was endorsed by his endless string of goals and his legend, but it's not so much that Ramos hits the ball badly, in fact he hits it well, but is he such a good specialist as to remove Isco or Kroos from taking the dead balls now that Ronaldo's selfishness has left him in black and white stripes?

The problem is not Ramos.

The issue is to tell him, and that is a topic for Julen; that there are other, more qualified colleagues.

From boss to boss.

Sergio is a leader simply because he exists, and he'd be part of the club's history even if he retired today.

Lopetegui has to make him see that Beckenbauer and Baresi's mistakes didn't make them unforgettable, and that a team doesn't work like that.