Why Aren’t Real Madrid Femenino a Powerhouse?

Irati Vidal asks why, six years after Real Madrid absorbed CD Tacon amid predictions of a new era, the women’s team has still not won a major trophy. Four Spanish journalists give their readings: Marta Grinan that six years is simply too short and the structure needs further professionalisation; Mayca Jimenez that the resources exist but lack specialists and visible backing from a leadership rarely seen at matches; David Menayo that the issue is coherence and continuity rather than money; and Pablo Parra that no real demand to win has been set. The piece notes Real have beaten Barcelona once in 23 meetings, that the Bernabeu stays closed to the women until a first trophy, and that Florentino Perez’s May press conference ignored them.