Chronicle: The lack of punch frustrates Madrid's league debut
The
Real Madrid
, last winner of the league, began the new journey with a draw against Real Sociedad.
A point that only in a few months will its true value be discovered, if it has it.
The whites lacked the bellows and the edge to win.
«We didn't get the last pass.
We have not had great occasions ", recognized
Thibaut Courtois
.
That Zinedine Zidane surprises with his eleven headlines is the usual thing, although in the case of last night at the Real stadium his approach attracted special attention.
The entrance of the only reinforcement of this summer,
Martin Odegaard
, caused a change in the system, sharpening it as it has rarely been seen with the French on the bench.
In fact, such a shock left out
Casemiro
, the coach's immovable pillar.
Valverde also fell.
That is to say, no defensive trace on the scorecard.
The last time the Brazilian organizer is remembered as a substitute in an important match, without dragging any discomfort, was last year at Mestalla (1-1) and long ago in the second leg of a
Champions League
semi-final
against Bayern
, and that night he had to go out afterwards to plug holes.
But in
Zidane's
league debut,
his body asked him to rumba for being his debut, for arriving with the champion's patch on his shirt and for having a team also with a happy profile in front of him.
In his approach,
Kroos
took the reins of the pivot, with Modric somewhat more advanced and the new one, Odegaard, nailed in the midfielder position, just ahead of the midfielders and behind the forwards, where ZZ himself moved when he was a player.
A position that in recent years was almost always empty in the famous 4-3-3 with
the BBC up
.
Only Benzema resists from that forward, he failed in the first half in the opportunities he had.
His team failed to take advantage of the good presentation and the local blackout, which barely managed to get the ball out of its field.
The advance pressure of the whites had the game turned towards Remiro's goal, with
Vinicius
at the forefront of operations.
Brave as always, the Brazilian forward tried crazy dribbles, which many times came out of him.
Madrid lacked the finishing touch, with scare on the way to the dressing room because of
Isak's
clear opportunity
, his martyrdom in the elimination of the cup last year.
The tall forward encountered other limbs as long as his own.
Courtois' foot became infinite to clear his shot for a corner.
He was the first of the Donostiarras, for the six that his rival had accumulated, a reflection of the almost total dominance of the event.
Goal foul
The second half began in the same way, with danger on the Belgian's frame from a Barrenetxea center kick that walked before the line.
Odegaard, back in San Sebastián, lacked audacity for many minutes, a bit shy when it came to ordering and ordering from his lectern.
Zidane's men generated a certain traffic jam in that area, where Benzema, the two Brazilians, the Norwegian, and sometimes Modric were milling around.
Only Mendy, in his riding, managed to open the field on the left.
The departure of Bale and the injuries of Asensio, Hazard and Mariano left Madrid without many scoring options on the bench.
Along with Jovic was
Borja Mayoral
, a footballer who will most likely be traded before the end of the transfer market, on October 5.
The Frenchman played it with a triple change, including a rookie.
The youthful Marvin -20 years old, from Mallorca and champion a few weeks ago of the Youth League- jumped to Anoeta with 0-0 on the scoreboard.
ZZ put muscle and nerve in search of the first league win.
The rookie had it soon, without squaring the shot after the good assistance of Vinicius, with the duel already unleashed.
Arribas,
Marvin's
partner
in the Raúl González subsidiary
, also made his debut
.
They didn't change the movie.
Zinedine Zidane commented on the obvious, the meager offensive loot.
"We played a good game in general but we lacked a goal. We played well for 40 minutes. And in the second half we failed to create chances," he summarized.
"I did not remove Jovic because Benzema was fine and did not want to change the system," explained the coach.
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