Zidane's offensive gibberish: many names, few goals and a dream on the horizon called Mbappé

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In his last two official matches,

has surprised by his changes.

Or rather because of the lack of them.

In the Manchester City stadium, his team needed to go back through the European Cup and

, one of the strikers who finished the best last League, did not even warm up for a minute.

On Sunday, in the debut of the new season, the Brazilian was already on the field from the beginning, but neither he nor his attackers hit the goal, despite the remarkable dominance of his team, at least in the first half of the meeting.

In search of victory, the coach took out two youth players (

and

) and two midfielders (

and

), leaving his substitute plus nine on the bench,

.

The gesture with the Serbian confirms the disappointment she has suffered with him after a disappointing first course together.

The boy, who has linked a mess with another in recent months, had few opportunities on the field and the truth is that when he appeared, he did not show too much, apparently quite disconnected from the rest.

Is that why the coach has suggested his assignment to see if he can find another shirt with another?

The club denies this request.

It was Zidane who claimed his signing the previous summer, after the striker shone in the German league.

With the Balkan cross, Real Madrid's scoring options were reduced in Anoeta to

.

"He was fine and did not want to change the system," explained the Marseille to justify his lack of interest in Jovic.

Without

already in the squad and with

and

recovering, Zidane is scarce in consolidated offensive cards.

In the league debut, Benzema's companions were

and Vinicius, his most used squires in the last season.

Between the two they scored 12 goals (three of them, Rodrygo in the same match), little help for the French striker, who with 27 goals held the white wick in attack.

In return, Madrid got muscle from behind.

And its goalkeeper (

) won the Zamora de la Liga trophy again 12 years later.

Benzema, Ramos and ...

Now ZZ and his superiors are concerned that the scoring responsibility falls once again exclusively on the shoulders of a forward, Benzema, who did not build his fame with marksmanship but with compass, in that undefined terrain, both inside and outside the area , how much damage does the rival defenses.

Without discussing his excellent maturity, there are afternoons that Madrid yearns for more success in the framework and more variants.

Because after Lyon, in 2019/20, the next best gunner was

, with 13 goals.

A nine that never wanted to be and a versatile central.

Combination as great as it is exotic that did not serve to advance in the qualifying rounds of the Champions League.

Waiting for Hazard and Asensio and in the absence of the Brazilian duo breaking against the net, behind in the white block there is not much more.

-more extreme than scorer- has thought a lot about leaving,

will almost certainly do it and

, who only played 84 minutes last year, does not do so because he does not want to, not because nobody prevents him.

His tasty salary (four million euros) complicates the transfer that both the coach and the club would sign immediately.

The robust striker, a request from

at the time, and Jovic are two purchases that came with a scoring poster that have not caught on in Madrid.

Square the accounts

The technician has not given much reel to any of them.

ZZ has more faith in youth solutions than in the two of them.

With the current offensive puzzle, the Frenchman must manage, since he knows first-hand the firm position of the club in the transfer market.

Only sales are negotiated, not purchases.

The economic crisis due to the coronavirus (200 million losses) and the overcrowding of the workforce prevent reinforcement operations.

Neither names with a history (

), nor noisy young people (

or

) shake the pulse of white managers, worried about balancing the accounts in such a difficult financial scenario.

The clear objective of the entity (in addition to finishing the reform of the stadium) plays for PSG, ends contract in 2022 and remains without renewal.

Is

striker motivates Zidane and Real

Madrid at the lookout whether the French club next summer to

accept a transfer, to risk him go free a year later.

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