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Vinicius plays everything as if it were the last time. It is positive if that way of interpreting each dribble is the result of passion, the engine of everything, also of the game. It is negative, however, if it is due to despair. The will of Zidane is to play as if it were an ordinary day, but there are no normal days for those who sign for Madrid in adolescence. It has the overflow that causes vertigo, the quality that eliminates pieces, pure gold in this increasingly physical and tactical football, more evenly matched. What we do not know, today, is if it has that future that dreams in Madrid. [2-0: Direct and statistics]

Zidane waited at any given day, a home league match against a sick opponent like Espanyol, and one of the injuries that always come, in this case Hazard , to align the Brazilian on the left. From the beginning, he left determined, overflowed, provoked an intervention by Diego López and even loaded with a rigorous yellow to porfiar with the goalkeeper that could have cost him the expulsion minutes later in another clearer action. The collegiate did not understand it that way. With Mendy , expelled, he didn't hesitate. The goal, however, does not come, and without a goal, Vinicius does not understand, while others are, in this case Varane and Benzema , allow Madrid to move forward. His classmates, either. Gestures of disapproval are appreciated when the Brazilian does not resolve as they wish. If they help you and you get it, it will be a bomb.

The Brazilian paired with his countryman, Rodrygo , in the opposite band. They are different. Rodrygo has adapted better to the framework that Zidane wants, to the needs of a Madrid that grows in order, anticipation and pace of play, but does not have Vinicius flapping. They have the same designation of origin, but little more in common. Zidane has made the decision to distribute minutes, beyond the casualties, and depending on how he advances in the League, he will increase it. It reproduces the road map of its only title in the competition, the year of the double: 2017. For now, three never rest: Sergio Ramos , Casemiro and Benzema. They are the ZZ column.

Espanyol was a good prey to cause dizziness, because attacking it, today, is like stoning an ambulance. The blue and white club has burned the change coach's bullet and Pablo Machín's challenge is capitalized. With his booklet of the three centrals that gave him visibility in Girona he presented himself at the Bernabéu, but without the flight of his sides. Víctor Gómez , on the right, had to face Vinicius: 19 years versus 19 years. They are not the same when attacking as when defending. Without Marcelo, also injured, pushed Mendy .

Tucked into his cave, the blue and white team waits for the goal as the shot the convicted. A bad matter, and more in the Bernabéu. Luckily, there is not as much goal here as before, and it shows even in the best games, regardless of whoever it is. Rodrygo, Benzema and Valverde , in addition to Vinicius, demanded the best of Diego López, a goalkeeper who remains in his place, firm. The goal took longer to arrive than the game said, and this contributed to the bad defense of Espanyol. The good work of Benzema ended up taking advantage of the unexpected man, Varane, as if he were a center forward. The Frenchman, already in the outcome, closed the match with the contribution of Valverde and allowed a few minutes of Calderilla to Brahim .

A soft auction of Barn that Courtois stopped was the little that Espanyol left, despite his warm step forward in the second half. Very little. He has not won at the Bernabéu for 23 years, but this time he has given one of his worst faces, despite not being thrashed. He came to fit three goals in San Mamés and the Metropolitan and left with one less from the Bernabéu. That, however, says more things about Madrid than its visitor, and that, despite mastering solvency, there is a hammer in the whole of Zidane. Benzema's goal was the eleventh of the French in the League, a notable figure, but he would need a companion with similar numbers. Zidane tries to compensate him with the instruction to increase medium distance shots so that everyone contributes. In the big appointments it can be a problem, and it is better to say it with tail wind, when the following ports are Valencia and Barcelona.

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