Abandoning depression with pride, without the presence of
Zidane
on the bench.
Temporary orphans.
That was what the white players were after in the Alavés centenary commemorative match.
Mission accomplished in one night for the
resurrection
of a team that since the beginning of the year has been at odds with excellence and installed in irregularity.
Before going to the Mendizorroza stadium, Real Madrid had three matches without celebrations: 2-1 against Alcoyano and Athletic and a draw to nothing against Osasuna.
Three trips during the
storm that frustrated
the Copa del Rey and the Super Cup and entangled the trajectory in the League.
The last victory before last night was against Celta, 2-0 at the beginning of January.
Before beating Alavés, the capital squad had only achieved one victory in the last three days of the League, five points out of nine possible.
In Mendizorroza the pitiful trend changed.
A necessary rebirth, now with
Davide Bettoni
waving the baton.
Without the confined Zidane, his friend was in charge of imparting the instructions in a placid party.
The 49-year-old coach, inseparable from ZZ since the age of 17, when they coincided in the lower categories of Cannes, presented the usual 4-3-3 scheme of the boss, placing
Lucas Vázquez
at right back (20 games in a row as the starter of the Galician) and bet on the highest quality offensive trio:
Asensio
,
Benzema
and
Hazard
.
Militao
, who had not played in the League since October, occupied a place in the center of the defense in the absence of
Sergio Ramos
and
Nacho
.
QUIET PUSHES
The assistant was not very dynamic in the band, less expressive than Zidane, but quicker when ordering the changes, at 60 minutes he replaced Hazard with Vinicius.
Serene, stoic.
Casemiro's
early goal
helped keep the pulse calm.
The goals of Benzema and Hazard before the equator provided more calm.
Bettoni barely moved in his regulation zone.
He made his debut in the League, but it was not the first time that the former Cannes central defender relieved Zidane, the previous one was last season, in the Montreal preseason, when Zizou left the Canadian concentration for the death of his brother .
Bettoni is a basic piece in the
ZZ
work system
, his appreciations and advice are continuous during the matches, always aware of the players who warm up on the band.
Bettoni won the battle against
Abelardo Fernández
, who still does not know the victory in his second stage on the Vitorian bench.
Before facing Madrid, he had lost in the Copa del Rey against Almería and in the League against Sevilla.
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