• Chronicle: Madrid dismantles Getafe by heights

Zinedine Zidane loves the defensive leap his team has taken in recent times. He is in the legend of world football for being a delicious player with the ball, but he never turned his back on the ugliest work of his trade. That of running backwards and disturbing opponents as much as possible. He learned it, especially in Juventus .

Upon returning to the white bench, in March of last year, he quickly understood that without a dragon above like Cristiano , he would have to reinvent his model without losing the essences. That is, it would give way to quality, but solidifying the whole from behind. That's why he asked Pogba and that's why he has now populated the center of the field to protect himself with the ball. Yesterday in Getafe left Valverde out of eleven, missing him later. With no chance against the blue box to develop the game of the last games, Real Madrid was clever to clear the afternoon by heights. His two pieces with more centimeters, Varane and Courtois (1.91 and 1.96 respectively), manufactured the victory in the Coliseum .

«From these fields very important points are taken for the League. We did it in Eibar and in Vitoria, although this time it cost us more, ”Zidane acknowledged, not forgetting his troubles in the first part until the good hands of his goalkeeper and the weak of the rival completely changed the wind on Saturday .

"You had to make a different game," the Frenchman explained in the press room in Getafe. He did not mind assuming that they had to find another suit in the closet, one more work uniform, to meet the demands of the Bordalás patrol, one of the most difficult opponents of the championship. «It was difficult for us to go out with ball possession. You have to accept these types of meetings and know how to interpret them. I think we did well, ”he valued, as happy for the victory as for the important detail of keeping the network virgin.

They are 11 times and Courtois has left his goal without damage in the 21 games he accumulates this season. "It has been decisive, but it has been for a long time," the technician dedicated to his goalkeeper.

After the past ups and downs of the position, a soap opera from the last stage of Iker Casillas , that the Belgian grows and demonstrates his powers is a relief for Zidane and for the whole club, where the bet was clear both the previous course, with his signing , as in the current one, when Keylor Navas was allowed to leave when he had decided who would own the clubs.

A secure goal

«He has saved us twice or three times. Courtois is an important player of our team and is demonstrating it not only in this match. He is my goalkeeper and for me he is the best in the world, I have no doubts, ”the white coach said enthusiastically, who today will have to pack his bag to fly tomorrow in the direction of Jeddah, city of Saudi Arabia, the original headquarters that the Federation has found to celebrate the Spanish Super Cup . Dani Carvajal also applauded Courtois, discussed at the dawn of the campaign. “He has kept us in the Thibaut match with two or three interventions and Varane has given us a lot today. Thibaut is a great goalkeeper and no one, not even himself, doubted his potential. He is a great goalkeeper and is going to give us points, ”recalled the right back, without much visibility yesterday in Getafe.

The Madrid players left on the M40 towards Valdebebas with the feeling that powerful steps towards the title are taken in this type of event. And that brightness is sometimes better changed for efficiency. "Defensive work is being very good and helps win games," Varane said , sweeping toward his main area of ​​influence.

In the opposite area he also had a lot to say, with two goals that in the record they stayed in just one, because the referee considered that his shot in the 0-1 ended up in the network driven by David Soria . Before the Espanyol also opened the scoring, infected seems the offensive fury of Sergio Ramos, absent yesterday for accumulation of yellow. That the solvent Madrid with authority commitments without the captain also reinforces the confidence of the costumes. Recovered the path of victories, after three consecutive draws, the Super Cup is positioned as the fastest way to add the first title of the season. Complex mission for the aspirants that you will find in Jeddah, the first Valencia next Wednesday. "There are no favorites," says ZZ. "It's a different competition and we face it with great enthusiasm," according to Carvajal.

Angel Torres , the president of Getafe asked yesterday for one of his colleagues. "We have asked Brahim to give in this winter market and Florentino told me that for him, yes," he revealed at the end of the game. The boy has barely counted for Zidane so far.

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