Real Madrid, a finalist without gasoline or hierarchy in defense

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The whites entrusted themselves to their attacking duo, who scored the goals ahead of Madrid, but the accumulation of minutes due to not rotating ended up taking its toll on Ancelotti’s men, who reach the final in reserve.

There is an axiom that says ‘Help your players and your players will help you’. Is quip apply it with zeal Ancelotti, which places its players where they perform best, which explains the fluidity of this Real Madrid that stands out for the good reading of the matches. The naturalness in the management of Italian has made vinicius in the most unbalanced player in the League, and Benzema in a killer that always appears. But Carletto he has disregarded the rotations since the beginning of the season and in the Classic from Riyadh, Madrid was able to pay dearly for it.

culé pressure

The low of Alaba encouraged Barça from Xavi press up, aware that Nacho is not the Austrian and Militao even less. But the Italian’s order was conclusive: “We came out playing & rdquor ;. Ancelotti turned a problem into an opportunity. He opened the central defenders to force the forwards to go to the sides and activated Kross, Casemiro Y Modric at the exit of the ball. The Italian knew that only Gavi He had physicality to press. With Busquets Y Frenkie de Jong on its own, the problem disappeared.

In defense, the coach ordered Asensio Y vinicius to retreat to form a curtain in the medullary, closing the interior corridors to a Barça without ideas. And he also ordered to finish all the attacks, which explains why Asensio finished the first part with five shots, Benzema with a couple and vinicius with three. That made rapid arrivals outside of Dembele Y Ferran. The whites ruled with superiority.

No Alaba, paper defense

And the first goal came, very symptomatic. A Busquets slow lost a ball to the hunger of another veteran, Benzema, which he recovered and served to vinicius for him to mark. Madrid relaxed with the advantage and missed the personality of Alaba, the player with the highest hierarchy behind who does not let the team back down and takes them out to defend far from the area, thus reducing the space for the rival. Alaba is one of those footballers who is more noticeable when they are not there than when they are. And it is a compliment.

But Alaba was not there and Madrid cowered in a draw. The tie was also symptomatic. A ball that De Jong combed towards Dembele. Carvajal was left in inferiority, not being Asensio nor the midfielder, which allowed the French to center and the faith of Luke did the rest. He scored on the rebound after a tender clearance by Militao, who made another lethal error. And there are several.

Ancelotti kept his bet to hide the team and wait. monopolized the attack vinicius, where the Brazilian faced an older Dani Alves. Real Madrid was jumped by the reserve, with Kroos Y Modric adrift. But in an isolated play, Benzema nailed a Carvajal cross to the net. Madrid won with goals from the fashionable society: Vinicius and Benzema.

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But the whites were wrinkling, orphans of Alaba. And in a short corner before the white passivity Ansu tied. Extra time was like Russian roulette, with the exhausted madridistas waiting for a counterattack, their specialty, and Barcelona invading the area. Until the whites recovered a ball and five madridistas came out in a stampede, Valverde scoring the winning goal. Happy finishers, but exhausted. Ancelotti he has more to worry about than to celebrate.



Reference-www.elperiodico.com

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