The curse of Varane: Six defeats and one draw in his last seven matches Real Madrid Hasn't had much success since the World Cup

It took just 49 seconds for Diego Costa to burst past Raphael Varane's marking with astonishing ease and open the scoring in the UEFA Super Cup, and things haven't gotten much better for the defender since then.

That UEFA Super Cup match was on August 15 and it had been a month at that point since the defender was crowned a world champion with France.

Given that Varane had hardly had a week of training under his belt at that point, that game in Tallinn perhaps came a little too soon for him.

However, months have passed since then and the defender still hasn't reached his best form.

Against Eibar, he was back in the starting line-up after several games out with a muscle injury and Real Madrid were outplayed and defeated 3-0.

At Ipurua, he played for the first time under Santiago Solari, who until that point had an immaculate streak of four consecutive victories since taking over.

Over the last seven games he has played, Varane has one draw and six defeats to show for it.

This season, he has played 13 games between LaLiga Santander, the Champions League and European Super Cup.

With him on the field, Los Blancos have conceded 18 goals and lost seven times.

Varane already has one more defeat for the season than he had in the 44 games that he participated in last year.

The Frenchman has had some important errors this season, which have consisted of shipping costly goals and which have led to defeats.

Fingers were pointed at him in the UEFA Super Cup against Atletico, as they were against Levante, where he gave away the first goal and was at fault for the penalty.

Penalty problems also proved costly for him up against Luis Suarez in El Clasico and against CSKA he could have done more to correct the initial error from Toni Kroos.

On Saturday at Ipurua, he fell asleep for the third and final goal that was conceded.

When Varane hasn't been on the field, either because he was substituted, on the bench or injured (eight games in total), Real Madrid have conceded eight goals, although four of them came against Barcelona.

He also hasn't fared a whole lot better when wearing the jersey of his country.

After the World Cup he has played in three of the four competitive games and has a win, a draw and a defeat to show for it.