WHERE IT ALL WENT WRONG

Last updated : 04 June 2004 By Editor
Carlos Queiroz gives his version of Real Madrid's season.

'I made my biggest mistake in January,' Queiroz told La Marca on Wednesday.

'I should have left when we were leading the league and doing well in the Cup and the Champions League. Maybe if I had gone then Real might not have ended the season as they did.'

But when you have players loaned out and sold from under your feet life isn't
going to be easy.

'I asked that Morientes be allowed to stay and I am convinced that with him in the squad alongside Geremi, Makelele and Milito then Real would have ended up with one or two trophies.'

And did he feel deceived by the way Real's directors behaved?

'If you were promised a car with air conditioning, four wheels, leather seats and metallic paint and you were then given one without any of that how would you
feel?'

And on the future of Real under Perez he said:

'With the situation becoming so clear and if the same errors are not made again Real will improve and I'm sure Camacho will be happy,'