• Zidane "I get tired of being told that we won by the referees"

The calculator shoots striking figures on this leading Real Madrid , who prefers to count and prepare games to jump into the refereeing mud. The most naive at the Bernabéu may be surprised to see contemporary Barcelona, ​​that of the almighty Leo Messi, clinging to the eternal complaint when things go wrong, with the president of the entity in charge of the choir. Others do not get new, and point to the DNA of his rival. Zinedine Zidane showed her disgust at San Mamés, but that slight rise in tone in the Frenchman's aloe vera speech does not change the pulse of a locker room with the new script of his well-learned employer.

Defense, pressure, up, watch out . The screams are repeated in the Valdebebas training from the beginning of this strange season, where Madrid started -almost a year ago- being thrashed by Atlético in a friendly match with conclusions and final celebrations and which now has three wins from league title. It would be ZZ's second in her three full attempts , this time changing her outfit.

With him in charge, they never scored so little or - and here comes the key - they fit so little. With 1.8 goals in favor and 0.6 against (the best figure since 1988 ), Madrid faces the final stretch of the championship with the numbers in hand. The four points advantage and the goal average would even allow him to stumble, assuming that Barça signed in full in what is missing.

In the white house they believe they will have a fight until the end, with the memory of the last fight, in La Rosaleda, postponed to the closing day of the 2016/17 tournament after an overwhelming sprint where they were forced to win the last six games of the League. Now things are very different as Cristiano Ronaldo's scoring fire is not available . Spread the mission to score and without the success of the Portuguese, Madrid squeezes much more its offensive fruits thanks to the padlock on the back, with a goal-winning goalkeeper like Thibaut Courtois, who aspires to the Zamora trophy 12 years after the last target Iker Casillas got it.

Two bad experiences

They tell about Zidane that the end of last season and the chagrin of that 7-3 rojiblanco in New Jersey opened his eyes. His training as a coach and the experience of a footballer at Juventus said that there is no glory without defensive discipline. The plan to save the generation with which he won three Champions in a row was to give the system a twist, with more muscle in the center and greater overall sacrifice.

The fragility exhibited in the first post-CR course invited the depression of the most pessimistic fan and the euphoria of the rivals, excited by a cycle of collapse of the block that dominated the European Cup from 2014 to 2018 . The merry 4-3-3, with the BBC freed to attack, was a thing of the past, with insufficient spare parts to mimic the drawing. Two of its three members remained, but Bale's drop in performance ruled out the option. His faith in Modric and Kroos remained unwavering, as in Casemiro.

What to do to strengthen the team? In September he discovered Valverde, a youthful display of legs and lungs that allowed him to save the position ( Istanbul ) and revitalize Madrid towards the fall. With the Uruguayan in the middle, he could afford to give breaks to his pair of creators ( Kroos-Modric ), while upstairs he tuned alternatives with Benzema. On the carousel, injured Asensio and Hazard, he tested Rodrygo Goes on the right, suddenly finding another piece with a long way to go. In San Mamés last Sunday, an event as important as that of Gatalasaray in October, the Brazilian and Valverde on the side met again.

Air to Modric

The boys, Zidane realized, covered many meters of the field, in relief for Carvajal and the midfielders. Thanks to this, Kroos has stepped on the rival area more and Modric, on his way to 35, has been able to reach the last stages with oxygen. His match against Athletic, especially the final minutes, is the best example. Even Vinicius , the offensive roadrunner, has put a lot more effort into the fight. The idea has penetrated line by line, subject the tree by the great performance of the starting centrals, Ramos and Varane. They along with Casemiro, Courtois, Carvajal and Benzema are the most used players. The rotations do not scatter them hardly, except for medical leave or injury, as will be the case next Friday against Alavés.

The yellows will leave out the right-back and the captain, two sound absences that need answers. Mendy , already tested in the opposite lane, and Militao appear as possible solutions. Yes, Varane is expected to return , recovered from his neck pain.

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  • Ferland Mendy
  • Gareth Bale
  • Iker Casillas
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