Chronicle.Real Madrid draws at El Sadar and returns depressed from his Odyssey
Osasuna El Sadar, against the clock against 'Filomena': 40 people and lamps to play against Madrid
Five kilometers separate the
Hotel Alma Muga de Beloso
from
El Sadar
.
Ten theoretical minutes that by bus and with the storm '
Filomena
' falling on
Pamplona
became a small amusement park for
Real Madrid
.
Since arriving at the hotel on Friday at midnight, the expedition was kept indoors and aware of the weather.
Between
five and seven in the afternoon on Saturday
was the time of greatest snowfall over the Navarran city, so the whites did not understand that the game was not played before taking advantage of the gap left by
Atlético-Athletic
(16:15).
The work of the
Osasuna
workers
and the use of the
warm light lamps
made the snow not set completely, and the whites went to the stadium, still upset with LaLiga for a game plan that had forced them to suspend the training of the Friday afternoon to travel, being
trapped for four hours in Barajas
, entering his rooms at midnight and without touching the grass until the time of the duel.
Two degrees below zero and playable grass
At the exit of the hotel in Pamplona, a couple of small slopes awaited them, which yesterday afternoon and after several hours of heavy snowfall, were somewhat impractical for vehicles.
The merengue bus passed there, loaded with players and coaching staff despite Osasuna's offer, which made several minibuses available.
Once the route to El Sadar was overcome, with
eight centimeters of snow on the sidewalks
, Zidane's men met with their rival at nine at night, something unthinkable 24 hours before, with
Madrid frozen at the airport and without a clue to take off
.
The reality confirmed the predictions:
two degrees below zero
and practicable grass after the effort of the workers, although with areas with ice and full of the flakes that continued to fall incessantly.
Hazard returned to ownership
Some predictions that
Zidane
also fulfilled
at the football level, giving
Hazard
his first start since the game against Alavés on November 28.
The Belgian, who played
74 minutes
on his return to the eleven, warmed up with long pants, choice of half of the starters except
Ramos, Mendy, Kroos (completing 300 games), Benzema and Modric
, the backbone of the team this year and curiously the only ones with their knees in the air.
A matter of sensations.
The footballers suffered to adapt to the
grass, which became colder as the minutes passed
.
The ball barely ran in the areas that had not been under the lamps and the game was thick.
In the second half the scenario was the same: rough play,
many inaccuracies
, some slip and
clean sheets,
despite Madrid's final siege, with goals annulled by
Ramos and Benzema
.
At the earliest, the whites will not be able to land in Barajas until Sunday night.
There will end about 48 hours and a temporary 'Filomena' that will take time to forget.
The great anger of Zidane and Courtois
"
There are no excuses. It was not for the field
. We have played both teams on it," declared Toni Kroos at the end of the game.
The German was once again one of the best of a Madrid that only lacked the goal: "I think we lacked something at the top to win. We have to create more."
reasoned the midfielder into Movistar's microphones.
Zinedine Zidane
was more forceful
in the press room, angry with the development of events, with the team's trip and with the state of the field.
"The trip was bad for us.
This was not a football match,
" said the Frenchman.
"It is a day to say things. We do not know when we are going to return to Madrid, tomorrow or the day after. We do not know anything. With everything that has happened it should have been suspended, clearly. We should not have played. The conditions were not there. ".
Later,
Courtois
was in the same line as his coach, criticizing the LaLiga organization.
"I want to thank the people of Osasuna for the work, but it is unfortunate what LaLiga has done to us, to Rayo Vallecano and to other teams. Yesterday we took off with a frozen track, today we will not be able to return, tomorrow surely neither ... We are not a show If they tell you that if you don't come, you lose all three points ... If you see the situation in Madrid and here, it is not safe. We also have families and
we are not puppets who have to play all the time
. "
The local Rubén García also spoke about the weather, acknowledging that the circumstances of the time could harm Madrid more "by having more possession."
"We have played our game.
With the cold and how the field was, it was difficult for us to breathe after running
. We are satisfied."
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