In case you want to know more about Solari. Before training in Madrid, he wrote opinion articles in El País. For the intellectual aspect, his use of language and how he writes reminds me of Valdano.
https://elpais.com/autor/santiago_solari/a
Many are taking for granted that he is a docile and manageable manager, although apparently he was quite vindictive in his time as a player.
He wrote a lot in the years of Mourinho and left things like these:
"The message of Madrid has often been in the hands of hooliganism, media noise and business [...] Mourinho has put the speaker and the guarantee certificate is subscribed by Florentino Pérez "
"Nothing would be more terrible for Madrid than the merit of their success was attributed to their leaders"
Lots of compliments to Messi : "Scorer is intrinsic to Messi in the same way that storms, lightning, or hurricane wind, are atmospheric phenomena."
"Every time Messi receives the ball the earth shakes, everyone becomes silent and rival coaches sink their heads between the shoulders and put their hands in their pockets"
"Cristiano is the best player in the world because Messi plays another sport"
In his first press conference he forgot his elegant speech a bit when asked about the copa del rey. He replied something like: "we have to go and win with 2 cojones"
Edit: It is also said that the players missed Antonio Pintus, the physical trainer of Zidane, who was still in the club but had an anecdotic role with Lopetegui.
, it is brutal and absolutely expected as proven by this thread. I thought they were gonna be fine at first but I was deluding myself. Even last season their football wasn't great, they won most their CL ties with experience. The whole thing could be seen a mile away
