Cruyff: "For Real Madrid to be 16 points behind Barça is a failure"

Catalonia coach Johan Cruyff, who will take charge of his last game for the autonomous region against Nigeria on Wednesday, has been speaking hours before the game about the current goings on at Real Madrid, whose season he has labelled until now as a "failure". He also claimed, with obvious reference to Iker Casillas, that a goalkeeper does not lose his place in a team overnight.
"At this stage of the season Real Madrid being 16 points behind Barcelona can only be called a failure", Cruyff said from the hotel where his side is staying ahead of the game.
On the contentious substitution of Casillas in the recent Málaga game he was clear that "you don't lose your place overnight".
Cruyff's last appearance on the bench, as he has claimed the Nigeria game will be, comes after a successful coaching career that reached its peak with the Barcelona side of the late 80's and early 90's. During that time the Dutchman won four consecutive league titles and the club's first ever European Cup, among other honours.