When you've suffered a historically heavy defeat, a change of scenery might do you good. If that's the case, Real Madrid's players are in luck. Just 19 hours after losing 5-2 in the derby at Atlético Madrid on Saturday, Los Blancos were boarding a flight to Kazakhstan.
They've just travelled 4,000 miles east -- from Western Europe to Central Asia -- to play Kairat Almaty in the UEFA Champions League. Spanish newspaper Diario AS described Madrid's trip as "therapy at 30,000 feet;" another newspaper, Marca, said the journey came "at the worst possible time.