The goal was once again the torment of a Madrid that lacked many more things, it must be said, but that in other times did not need them.
Being as correct in football as the others can lead you to be tutored by any of the others if you do not verify your hierarchy in the only possible way.
Valladolid did it very well to provoke the best version of Courtois while Zidane despaired.
The technician shook the team in time.
He rectified the system, changed Jovic for Vinicius and, between fortune and the error of others, the Brazilian put a patch on a mediocre act.
The problem, however, continues.
The truth is that Jovic took more successful steps than in Seville, but he did not take the necessary step to justify his presence.
When he had the entire frame in front of him, with Roberto arms outstretched like a condemned man on the cemetery wall, he shot high.
When Modric gave him the ball, meekly, his instep shot went too wide.
At least, the Serbian found occasions, who finally hit a pure ram's head between sticks, but Roberto's arms are long, very long, almost as long as Courtois's.
Smelling the goal is already an advance for the Serbian, but patience is not for the area.
Zidane's was filled in an hour.
Jovic's entry, together with the unquestionable Benzema, initially implied the repetition of the system used against Betis, a 4-4-2, in which Isco replaced Kroos, but to place himself at the top of the rhombus in the center of the field .
It is the place of Malaga, the only one where he can value his conditions, the last pass and the shot, a footballer whose versatility is indigestible.
The current football trend, where people run a lot again, sometimes more than the ball itself, does not favor Isco.
His technique, however, is like a chest of essences that must be opened when necessary.
For example, to filter balls to two nines.
If you don't, the change of third returns it to the bank.
So it was, because it was time to run.
To filter it was not only the Malaga player, but also Modric, a few meters higher through the retreat with which Valladolid began.
They did not succeed enough to make life difficult for the rival, at least in the first period.
With such a pattern, it is necessary that the wings offer depth to open the rival defense and leave more space for the passers and receivers.
Zidane had also changed both and at the same time, a daring decision.
Odriozola tried it, even to the bottom line, but Marcelo hardly did it on his return.
The low threat allowed Valladolid to gain meters, a team always competitive since the arrival of Sergio González to his bench.
He initially created little danger, just the shots from Waldo or Orellana, until an occasion against which the Israeli Weissman forced the best of Courtois, which he would repeat against Carnero.
Varane was the best in reply.
However, Valladolid dominated more than they should, with Orellana and Óscar Plano hyperactive in the media, Hervías deep in the band, and Weismman, an interesting, incisive acquisition.
They were all accompanied by Roberto, who added others to Jovic's hand against Valverde and Benzema.
Courtois' reply to Weissman overwhelmed Zidane, who decided on three changes in unison.
Asensio, Vinicius and Carvajal came out, and Madrid returned to a 4-3-3 in search of vertigo to give them the goal, now without Jovic or Isco.
A charge and an error by Bruno served Vinicius, but the patch did not cover the bleeding of the game, nor did it restore Zidane's calm.
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