The man for the Champions League
It was invented for the Champions League and it goes for everything. Given the line-ups, a game appeared that everyone would have wanted to skip except Benzema , who needs to balance accounts. Madrid, because faith is shorter than arithmetic, is known outside of this League and has a crucial appointment with Barça on Wednesday. Valladolid, because, despite that ambitious first man-on-man pressure to infinity and beyond, he always had the feeling that he would not get out of this. So Ancelotti saved for the Camp Nou the staff most worn out by the FIFA window and transformed his drawing so that they all fit, especially Asensio and Rodrygo without touching Vinicius or Benzema, that couple that has ended up being happy.A 4-2-3-1, with Camavinga on the wing and Tchouameni and Kroos as double pivots, to square the circle. And Pacheta saved Larin for matches against opponents with fewer possibilities. Mallorca is the first on the list. Madrid knew how to hide its league depression. Now it’s just a matter of not giving up, of complying with the shield and with the public. An aspiration as rational as it is not very emotional that is transferred to footballers, who find it difficult to find reasons to go out at full speed. Valladolid, with more to gain, took the path of courage. He sought to steal quickly and get ahead soon. He could and should have. Roque Mesa sent a shot from the front to the post. Monchu threw overboard a gift in an even better position. Two white-violet laments, two opportunities that would not return and two warnings that penetrated the stands. After ten minutes, the disturbing hum changed to whistles of moderate intensity. The white team took note.
Karim’s Festival
On days like this, Madrid has gotten used to taking the shortcut: Vinicius . There is no better plan than that of the Brazilian’s duende supplanting collective work. As the recurring becomes predictable, Valladolid protected that side well and the blow came from the other. Asensio and Rodrygo changed roles after a Camavinga robbery. The Spaniard launched himself through the center, Roque Mesa did not dare to send him to the ground to avoid a sure yellow card, and Rodrygo processed the pass to the right with a cross shot into the net. The football law. Teams from the depressed area like Valladolid work a lot to produce very little. Teams like Madrid score without saying a word and show that they can win games first and then start playing them.