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Real Madrid embraced the fantasy with the passion of the thirsty who runs into an oasis in the desert. He needed her so much, he missed her so much, that he tasted her to the last drop. In Ipurua, where last season he had suffered unbearable torture, Madrid was once again Madrid, at least what is expected of him. A hungry, ambitious, hipster and exquisite set, an unstoppable football hurricane that took Eibar ahead in just half an hour, as if Ipurua was a humble little straw house.

At times, the Real Madrid attack game became somewhat hypnotic, passing from here to there with absolute precision, as if the Eibar players did not exist. At times they were mere spectators of the symphony of those of Zidane, who checked with satisfaction from his bench how they fit all the pieces he had arranged on the field. The white team did not even need to hold on to the advent of Rodrygo's youthful adventure , substitute on a cold and rainy afternoon, so archetypal in the Basque Country. Without space for teenage icons, it was a performance starring the white corps guard, in which Fede Valverde , perhaps the best Real Madrid player in the afternoon, is already quarterback with gallons.

The silk and hammer win against an overwhelmed Eibar left more than interesting scores for the immediate future. Hazard and Modric finally managed to speak in the same language, always accompanied by that football polyglot that is Benzema , author of two goals. The Belgian, like Lucas Vázquez on the other side, knew how to put his electricity at the service of the collective, getting everything to flow, especially in the first 30 minutes of the meeting, in which Madrid flirted with perfection. It depends on its players that the win in Ipurua is a football and emotional springboard from which to cement a winning project or an anecdotal moment of lucidity that is lost in the memory of a disappointing season.

The 3-0 conceded last year, still with Solari on the bench, served as a lesson for whites to avoid recidivism. That day Madrid learned that Eibar devours you mercilessly if you do not match, at least, its intensity in the field. Concentration and temperance were key for Madrid to deactivate the overwhelming gun pressure in the first minutes without risking possession almost never, advancing diagonal lines until finding the weak point of a defense of circumstances by the accumulation of casualties in the ranks of Balance.

The Valverde Symphony

Bigas suffered after a long time in garages and De Blasis unsuccessfully demanded Orellana's help to stop Hazard and Mendy, circumstances that took advantage of Zidane's to infest the Dmitrovic area with fear. After several occasions, Benzema hit the target in a somewhat muddled play, in which the ball reached the Frenchman after a shot by Modric and a half clearance between Valverde and a gunsmith defender.

From then on, Ipurua became a playground for Madrid, owner and lord of each span of land. When the clock reached 30 minutes, the white team was already winning by 0-3, thanks to two penalties on Hazard and Lucas Vázquez. Ramos converted the first and handed the ball to Benzema the second, who honored the gesture by sending the ball to the same corner of the goal that his captain had done nine minutes.

Only after the third goal did Madrid raise his foot, which allowed Eibar to finally land in the match, even if it was half an hour later than recommended. His problem - in addition to the three goals against, of course - was that Valverde did not pass him one because the Uruguayan does not know the meaning of the verb to contemplate and stopped any hint of gunsmith danger. The midfielder found with the fourth goal the well-deserved brooch to his immense game, already in a second time totally accessory, which at least served Zidane to distribute love in the form of minutes to Vinicius , Isco and Brahim . Everything went to Madrid cinema.

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