A Madrid without hitting it hangs from the League

In the medical puzzle that is being the Madrid season,

had found in the last 30 days the necessary patches to hold on to the league and avoid the unstitches of his squad.

Sometimes forced, with the youth quintet at his back and the 4-3-3 series on the field, and others by his own decision.

He debuted the scheme of three centrals against Getafe, with

ahead of

, he turned to

as a 'false 9' in Bergamo and yesterday he gave the Andalusian the first consecutive title of the season in Madrid's return of the midfielders against Real Sociedad.

But like all puzzles, the solution is not found when you need it most, it takes time to appear before your eyes, as before the Basques.

Casemiro, Kroos and Modric already have their biographies written.

They are continuous in the Madridista space-time of the last decade.

They dominate rivals, matches and competitions, and everything works when they do.

But in recent times the trio lacks the determination of the white attack, the historical icing on their game.

The goal is missing.

Madrid, and specifically its midfield, tortures but does not kill.

From there they understand Zidane's decision, more in favor of uniting with Isco than breaking with Vinicius.

In the absence of solutions in his attack trident, the Frenchman tries to add pieces in the construction.

He does not jump, he walks.

Play inside and reverse the roles of its ends, closer to the central circle than to the lime line, and create from there.

This is what happened against the Real.

Isco started on the wing forced by the Txuri-Urdin conviction that he could steal the ball from his rival, but the inertia of the Madrid game led him like a magnet towards Modric and Kroos, creating the best chances for his team in the first half.

When he frees his position and makes it indecipherable, the Andalusian generates the greatest advantages over the rival defense.

From a situation like that, Lucas's advance and center arose so that Mariano, the piece that did not fit in this puzzle, headed to the crossbar and Le Normand cleared Asensio's rejection.

Kroos proved it by dodging rivals without success after combining with Isco and Casemiro shot close to the post.

In the first half, Madrid argued for the goal, but did not consume it.

And the Real came with danger, more timid in the game of possession.

The gallops of Isak and Portu put fear in the Madrid body, but they lacked evil in the final meters.

After the break Zidane moved chips.

He inserted Casemiro between centrals, handed the bands to Lucas and Mendy formed a triangle in the center of the field with Isco in front of Kroos and Modric.

And that mini-revolution made Madrid suffer.

Mismatched, with plenty of space between the lines and giving David Silva time to think, he received the first goal in the 54th after a center from Monreal that little Portu finished off with a head over Mendy.

The Real, there yes, bit what Madrid could not.

Zidane learned his lesson and ended the experiment, giving entry to Vinicius, Rodrygo and Hugo Duro, a 20-year-old trident, to offer air to a muted attack.

The team thanked the Brazilians for the electricity and ended up finding Remiro's shore in the final siege.

With less football but more heart.

Vinicius, in his 100th game, finished off a Lucas cross to the net and did justice to the merengue effort.

A draw that takes Madrid away from the leadership, but a goal that gives them the opportunity to make the derby of this Sunday key.

Five points separate him from the rojiblancos.

It is no longer a final for the League, it is for white survival.

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