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The roadblock that caused grimaces of skepticism is worth a lead. For now. Vinicius turns every race into a duel in the sun, to the death, to full. Those who ask him for a break to decide better should not forget the risk of losing his wild instinct to which, today, Madrid owes the sorpasso in the head, with the same points as Barcelona , but with very different feelings. While one feeds on controversy, another does so calmly.

The Brazilian's dance in the Real Sociedad area caused the penalty that unleashed a duel without occasions until then. Zidane was right with his lineup, although it was not the only one of his decisions. Others, like James' , seemed frivolous, given his inactivity, but ZZ, as a character and coach, is inscrutable. However, there are more difficult things to explain in this postcovid football. Teams that were very good are not so good anymore. La Real is an example. Footballers who were very bad, appear in a very different way. There they have Carvajal , again a dynamo for Madrid, hyperactive, deep, aggressive.

The confinement has discovered black holes, since it is an unknown reality. Presumably, those who are closest to footballers have inside information . If so, James's was not adequate. The staging of the Colombian, without a match rhythm and misplaced eight months after their last meeting, did not endorse the decision, but it is very possible that it responds to a road map drawn up for these 11 express games, loaded with risks, in the ones that Zidane wants to use all the resources. A plan that did not even alter Barcelona's stumbling block , because although ZZ speaks of 11 finals , Anoeta's game was not treated as one, but as one more step in a process. It is not new. The historic Zidane makes clear, from his double in alternating onces in the league as if they were interchangeable. In Anoeta , James did not work. What we don't know today is whether the plan will work. We have eight days left to clear the unknown.

The Colombian lined up on the right, while Valverde took a step back, to the second line, in the framework of a 4-3-3. The opposite happens with the Uruguayan than with Carvajal. The same footballer who was confined has not returned. At the moment. They both had difficulties adapting tactically to the game, finding their position. In the second half, James went to the center, a move that led Madrid to settle more in a 4-4-2 than in the initial 4-3-3.

The next novelty, on the contrary, was the differential element necessary to generate imbalances against a pressing Real, but with no point until the outcome. Madrid had already experienced its problems in the static attack , in the first half against Valencia. It was not the first time. The Brazilian provides the most primitive but most effective solution: overflow. Whoever has it has a treasure. All the real danger, hurtful, came from the left occupied by Vinicius , except for two fits of fury from Carvajal, a footballer who plays stubbornly. The Brazilian initially found a very fast Gorosabel until he loaded the side with a card. From then on, everything changed. He danced and shot in the area until he caused a penalty, controversial because of the intensity of the push that the VAR cannot measure. There it was. Sergio Ramos decided before injuring himself and leaving the field. There are casualties and casualties.

Madrid noticed it, more unguarded in the center, where Real pressed. Januzaj found the net almost on the first local shot, but a positional offside by Mikel Merino annulled it. More wood for Piqué . When Merino finally beat Courtois, Benzema had already made room for himself, with half a shoulder and a half turn, to give more value to Vinicius' roadblock. An action is enough for the French; Vinicius, a career. La Real, on the other hand, needs a whole act. Quality is an instant.

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