Chronicle Varane redeems himself from his past mistakes and saves a suffering Madrid in Huesca
«I'm not surprised by what
Asensio
brings
.
It is a phenomenon, but you have to leave it alone because it can still improve a lot.
Everything has to go calmly and humbly.
This statement by
Zinedine Zidane
could correspond to the moments after the triumph of Real Madrid on Saturday in the fiefdom of Huesca, but it occurred in September 2018. And it is that the fine midfielder is still waiting permanently.
It was there but it didn't finish giving the stretch.
The hopeful proclamations of the Marseille coach are chained without fear.
Not even injuries have diminished confidence in the boy's talent.
«He has to be humble.
You can talk about him very well but the important thing is that he has a cool head, "added the coach at the time, aware that the child had to progress slowly but surely to build a solid foundation and
take on stripes
in the near future.
That future is today, precipitated by the latest emergencies.
The injuries of
Hazard
and
Sergio Ramos
, already in the vicinity of the return of the Champions League, force the Mallorcan to assume responsibilities.
That leadership role was played in the Alcoraz comeback.
Marco Asensio, before
Pacheta's
team
, let go of indulgent gestures, claimed the ball, dribbled with sense, fired and counterattacked vertically.
In the final stretch of the game he faced boldly and showed those drops of quality that make him a different player.
Zidane, satisfied with the team's performance, praised him, but also
demanded courage
: “We are all happy with him, we know what player he is.
I ask you to continue playing this way.
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Although
Varane
, with his two goals, was the one who made the headlines, Asensio's work was crucial.
"Marco is a great player and he has more and more participation in the game,"
Emilio Butragueño
stressed
.
In the Huesca duel he was the player who received the most fouls (five), the one who put the most centers into the area (five) and the one who generated the most scoring chances.
On Tuesday, in the postponed match of the first day
against Getafe
, Zidane needs the versatile midfielder to show hierarchy again.
The innate technical conditions that he treasures allow him to exercise with solvency in any position of the attack line.
But now it is also multiplying in containment work, on Saturday it helped the overwhelmed
Odriozola
.
In La Liga, he presents 417 good passes (22% per game) and 48 recoveries (2.5 per game).
The French coach waited for him after his injury and has always given him opportunities to start over.
In this course, Asensio is the second
striker with the most minutes
in the field: 1,490 minutes, only surpassed by
Benzema
.
Add two goals.
“Marco has not reached the ceiling, he can still grow a lot, insists Zidane.
After the calamities suffered during his extensive convalescence (330 days off due to rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament and the external meniscus of the left knee), Asensio has signed a good series of matches without shocks.
This season he accumulated 19 appearances in the League, five in the Champions League, one in the Copa del Rey and another in the Super Cup.
He has 16 games in a row and has started
the last seven
.
«I have found myself again, that break has helped me to know where I am, where I want to go.
When I focus on something, I get it, ”he said in June after his return to competition.
A matter of trust for a boy who has matured, in debt to Zidane and willing to take center stage.
According to the criteria of The Trust Project
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