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That changes nothing Sage Madara had problems against characters far weaker than Naruto and Sasuke, it was simply the dumb plot of the arc, which prevented Sage Madara from doing any type of damage to anyone, except of performing the Infinite Tsukuyomi. Sage Mode Madara prior the fusion easily defeated Naruto and Sasuke and was above Hokage level strength as he could hurt the Bijus, then he absorbed most of the Juubi, a creature which was required the combined strength of Hagoromo and Hamura to be stopped. Naruto and Sasuke were simply boosted with half powers of Hagoromo, while Madara absorbed most a creature which was superior to him in the past.