Real Madrid finally remembered how to make difficult away games look easy

Real Madrid played a brilliant match against Valencia when they beat them 3-0 at the Estadio Santiago on Saturday night to extend their winning streak to eight games. The players will now break up for the international break, and hopefully, when they come back, they are able to resume this form.

Once again, obviously, there's no way to tell what kind of form they will be in coming back from the break. If there's something that these eight games have shown this season, it is the fact that Real Madrid are no longer struggling against smaller teams and tougher venues. Obviously, there will be a hiccup here and there, but, largely speaking, Real Madrid have been a lot better at dealing with smaller teams and away games than they have been in the recent past.

There is no longer the fear of being upset by a team battling relegation, and Los Blancos are able to hold their own very comfortably in these games. They have been playing away games for the last four matches, and they have won all of them. One was less convincing than the other three, but the fact of the matter is that, in any other season, Real Madrid would probably have drawn at least two of these games, or maybe even lost them.

The club has always shown a way to battle against the smaller teams but often play really well against the bigger ones. Now the players are realising the importance of these games. In La Liga, you don't win the league by just beating Barcelona and Atletico Madrid. You also have to beat the Valencias, the Celta Vigos, the Racing Santanders, and Real Madrid, so far, are doing a very good job.

They do play Celta next in the league after the international break, so hopefully they are also able to beat them on their return to the Bernabeu after a month. This is how things have been in these few weeks under Jose Mourinho, and it is looking good.

Real Madrid fans, including the author, were sceptical of the appointment of the Portuguese manager. However, he is now proving that even if the club is not able to win titles this season, they would at least show more urgency, confidence, and conviction against both the smaller and the bigger teams whenever they step on the pitch. That has been missing from Real Madrid in recent years, and now under Jose Mourinho, it is coming back yet again.