Madrid, a shot away from the title for control and torment

You can be a champion by talent and punch, without the need for tactical balances, because the one who has the first always wins in the duel of imbalances. That was the Madrid that linked three Champions, titles that are won with two direct, to the KO. It was Zidane's Madrid but also Cristiano's Madrid. You put the order. You can be a champion for talent, balance, solidarity and resistance, even if the punch is not the same. The Madrid that will be is that of Zidane and many others, from Courtois to Sergio Ramos, from Casemiro to Modric, from Carvajal to Benzema. In that Madrid there is no possible discussion about order. He is a coach champion, champion ZZ.

In Granada he left the title pending a shot, a coup de grace for which he has two opportunities, after hitting nine straight. In this postcovid league, one should not speak of a devastating Madrid as of an impassable and suffering Madrid, dynamic and changing, capable of playing in different ways. Faced with one of the best tactically designed rivals in the League, he offered a great exercise of control during the first period, with the flag of Modric, and then stoically withstood the storm, with Sergio Ramos made a Neptune.

Zidane chose five midfielders, the formula that he already used successfully in the Super Cup, in Arabia. Possession was to increase. The problem was losing depth, so the coach ordered Modric to advance his position, to position himself at the playmaker he already knows, near the area, and where each of his passes is hemlock. At the same height, Isco, with Valverde, Kroos and Casemiro one step back. The line was complemented by a 9 who is not a center forward, who does not like to be in the area, but to get to the area. The worst of Benzema for the defenders is not his shot, but his movement, unclassifiable. The impression is that the potion is liked by Zidane, a guy with the feet and soul of a player, but it is not something to drink every day.

On the bench the Frenchman left all the natural verticality: Asensio, Vinicius and Rodrygo. To complement it in the field, the incorporation of the sides was necessary. Mendy handed it out the first time.

Assisted by Isco, the Frenchman discovered the space on the local defensive line, so disciplined that none of his soldiers left his position. Mendy entered the impossible place, because she has that blessed unconsciousness. He drained the line and hit the ball with a faith that no one else had. With an action, almost an outburst, individual put Madrid more choral in advantage. The second goal, minutes later, would prove it. Casemiro stole, bound Modric, tapped Isco to clean up three players, and feigned Benzema in the box before scoring. The execution of the counterattack was as if a fan was unfolding over the field.

In just a quarter of an hour, Madrid owned the scoreboard and the game, and, especially, it was the emotional owner of a game in which the locals could not have the support of their public. In that stadium Barça had fallen and Atlético had tied. Granada is much more than Madrid, who loved each other in very long, almost insulting possessions, had let him express. Rest changed him.

Diego Martínez wanted to say things, because for a young coach, who is making a name, it hurts more to lose the image than to lose Europe, a dream about a dream: the permanence already achieved. Control of Madrid had led theirs to torpor, to impotence. He needed, therefore, to increase the rhythm of the game and, paradoxically, he benefited from losing an injury to Foulquier and giving way to Montoro. Granada and the same man who had stolen a key ball went on to win physical and anticipation in the three quarters, this time he lost it. Casemiro's gift traveled to Machís, to the left, and the Venezuelan threw a whip that passed under Courtois's legs, beaten six games later. It was not the Belgian's responsibility.

The change of scenery alerted Zidane, with the impression that it was no longer enough to control, with problems even for Madrid on set pieces. Then Sergio Ramos appeared, who avoided a goal along the same line. With two pieces, the technician changed the profile of the team. Rodrygo and Asensio entered through Valverde and Isco, although Modric remained, the best until then. Madrid went from a 4-5-1 to a 4-3-3 in case it was necessary to exchange blows, although there was no more time to resist until the edge of the title.

According to the criteria of The Trust Project

• Luka modric
• Isco Alarcón
• Sergio Ramos
• Pomegranate
• Thibaut Courtois
• Ferland Mendy
• Europe
• Dani Carvajal
• First division

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