• Chronicle.Bale avoids the worst in Villarreal

Just in the 1-0 play, Courtois was on the ground in pain. Zinedine Zidane had her eyes on her bench at that moment, in the corner where Keylor Navas was sitting. Would he have to take him out on the eve of signing his settlement? For the Costa Rican it would have been a compromised situation, about to seal his new contract with the PSG. If nothing is distorted, today he will fly to the French capital for, football spins, measured his former team in just two weeks. The capricious draw of the Champions League has cast in the opening of the tournament the duel of the Parisians with Real Madrid (September 18). From there, the new substitute, Areola , will also arrive from PSG today in this striking goalkeeper exchange.

The international bleu lands as a loan. Keylor will have Spanish competition in his new destination, since on Sunday the assignment of Sergio Rico became official, until now in Seville. Meanwhile, in Madrid is Courtois with work, as seen in the first part. The departure of Villarreal caught Madrid at low speed, especially Sergio Ramos , fatal in the action of the first goal. His loss at the start of the ball caused the local counter, impossible to stop for the Belgian goal.

It was difficult to remake the whites, dressed in a new tactical suit by Zinedine Zidane . Last night they formed 4-4-2, a system rarely seen in the French libretto. They were surprised by the substitutions of Modric and Vinicius, in favor of Lucas Vázquez and Jovic , the young ram signed this summer. From a wall of his heel, the tie came out, on the scoreboard thanks mainly to the pundonor of Carvajal, who went back to the bottom line to give Gareth Bale the goal . The 1-1 had an air of his first with Madrid, in September 2013, also in Villarreal. Then he drew to show that the goal is one of his virtues.

Its transfer was closed to the limit, on the last day of the transfer market. This Monday, on the same date, little movement is expected at the Bernabéu , beyond the goodbye of Keylor and, if anything, the departure of Mariano , if a good offer came along throughout the day.

Poor start of the League

Not even the bad result of Villarreal, the second stumble in three league games, seems to change Madrid's plans. Van de Beek , the Ajax midfielder, has been left behind for next year and the high price of Pogba (almost 200 million), the great request of ZZ, halted his signing. Neymar either . The Frenchman will have to work hard to reactivate this team plane. «We need everything, we have to defend and attack. We are a team, ”summarized Casemiro, quite critical.

For Zidane the thing was not so bad. "Minus the first 15 minutes, where we were not, we played well. We made chances, but we have to score more goals," he said, before looking back. "We have to improve defensively."

Finally, his optimistic vision before the selection stop: "I keep the reaction; it is important not to lose." He did not talk about the clear penalty of Albiol on Vinicius, kicked from behind, that neither the referee nor the VAR detected in the last minutes, with 2-2 already on the scoreboard.

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