Crisis? What Crisis, Says Del Bosque

Real Madrid boss Vicente Del Bosque has dismissed reports of a crisis at the European Champions after two successive disappointing performances.

Real were beaten 2-0 by Racing Santander on Saturday and were held 2-2 at home to AEK Athens on Tuesday.

"We played badly in Santander," admitted Del Bosque. "But you have to view that as a one-off."

"We weren't fantastic against AEK, but you can't talk about a loss of form. We have a lot of games to play and now everyone is talking about crisis."

"There is no loss of form, no crisis or anything, all we are seeing is something that happens throughout a season," he added in Marca.