Benzema decides the derby after the forgiveness of Atlético

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The Bernabéu is a bad place to forgive. Being impious is not incompatible with being polite, which is how Modric, Valverde or Benzema are. A ball was enough for the Frenchman after all those who did not serve Vitolo or Correa, the first to reach the goal in a derby with a Madrid worse than the one that reached the Bernabéu in the entire first act, and an Athletic better than these days look to his messiah and he crosses himself while wondering what will become of me. The result, however, does not understand merits, is not pious and does not have to be educated. [Narration and statistics: 1-0]

The victory settles to a practical Madrid and defeat with a good face is of no use to Atlético, not even for criticism about Simeone, because his work was better than the expertise of his players in the private preserve of Courtois. If anything, to give him the reason for his insistence on the search for a scorer. Carrasco is a patch. In the Champions League, both teams will need it, whatever Zidane says.

Now we know that the line of five midfielders was not an occurrence, not even a circumstantial alignment. For this Madrid and this Zidane it is, today, the main axis, as proof of its use in the last major clashes, when a title was played, in the Super Cup, and in the first derby. The result of the formula, initially, was worse, although the reason is not in the election, but in the dynamics. The system is only a starting point. The execution corresponds to the players and the truth is that the Bernabéu did not resemble that of Jeddah. With little search for space and excessive ball to the foot, the line of the white marrow split as the drag mules jump to the sew. ZZ's reaction was immediate when everything was about to be decided thanks to the red and white clemency. Kroos and Isco stayed at the booth at the break and Vinicius and Lucas Vázquez entered.

The slowness results in horizontality, a fact that favored the withdrawal of Atlético, very safe in tactics during the first half. Without Koke and without Joao Felix, Simeone was missing an offensive compass, like Thomas, very depleted, and Marcos Llorente in the media. Nor is it something that weighs heavily on the Argentine, who sent his people to connect with Vitolo, the substitute for the Portuguese 'meninho'. They can occupy the same place but they are different models. Where one looks and touches, the other looks, pushes and punches. The canary made an excellent display, from defensive to offensive, to vertebrate Atlético in the first half, grown with its stretches, and combine with Morata and Correa. From area to area, Vitolo himself had the best hand in hand of the clash, won by Courtois. It was Atlético's first forgiveness. There would be more, in charge of Saul and, twice, of Correa.

In a critical situation and with Simeone in one of its lowest moments, the stimulation of the derby made theirs emerge until they offered some of the best minutes of the season, for control and occasions, nothing less than in the Bernabéu. Footballers who had barely appeared, such as former Real Madrid player Marcos Llorente or Saul, improved their version. The good feelings that moved the first time were, likewise, bad feelings, knowing Simeone and any athletic how the error is paid in the Bernabéu.

On the contrary, Zidane's bad feelings were also good feelings, because, despite being dominated and attacked, she was unscathed. As the Frenchman should have seen to make such aggressive changes, very little of the technician's style, that, like the patient farmer, waits until dawn to move the olive tree. For Simeone, however, there was a setback, Morata's injury, one more. He had been active the striker, who could be the subject of a penalty by Camseiro, someone who knows them all. He did not deserve Bernabéu the former madridista's dicks. Atletico should ask questions about the chain of injuries, a dangerous and suspicious trend. The forgotten Lemar was chosen and, at first, he was not right either. Bad business for the rojiblancos.

Quite the opposite happened to Madrid, which went from 4-1-4-1 to 4-3-3 in a click. If something has Zidane is that it is not dogmatic about the game models, compared to other coaches who do nothing but talk about the style and its idea as if they were in a pulpit. When ZZ puts five midfielders it is because he chooses the aristocracy at best. If they don't work, call the most upright and fiery players among those who await glory or always carry the knife between their teeth. One of the first is Vinicius; between the seconds, Lucas Vázquez. Bale was not even among the alternatives. ZZ is so diplomatic when he speaks as severe when he acts. It is like the father who says nothing and says everything with his eyes.

Until then, Madrid had barely whispered to danger with shots of Sergio Ramos, a defender with a striker's soul, in stationary ball actions. In a very short time after the changes, Oblak drew his first hands to stop a poisoned Valverde ball, a lung that gives air to the entire Bernabéu. The team had changed and expectations had been made even more. In Vinicius was the origin of the change in the match. The Brazilian opened for Mendy, whose center was hosted by the Benzema network, virtually unpublished in the previous minutes. Day by day, another of the realities of Madrid is that the left no longer belongs to Marcelo and they all belong to Zidane.

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