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It was a long time since

Marco Asensio

had received an

ovation

from the

Santiago Bernabéu

. Years. Between his

injury

, the recovery, the set-up and the months that Madrid has played at the Di Stéfano due to the

pandemic

, the Mallorcan had long

gone

without hearing the applause of the people who one day elevated him as a

promise of world football

.

The history, a roller coaster, you already know: Madrid signs

Asensio

in

2015

, at the

age of 18

, plays on loan for

Espanyol

, makes his debut as a Real Madrid player, dazzles as a man of rotation, does not knock down the door when

Cristiano Ronaldo

leaves, is It injures in the summer of 2019 and returns, many months later, far from the level prior to the rupture of the crusader and meniscus.

Cristiano's departure

During the six years that have passed since his arrival at Real Madrid, Asensio's market value has reached

90 million euros

. Far, very far, from the four that the white club paid to Mallorca at the time, and far, of course, from the

35 that it is worth now

, according to Transfermarkt, the Spanish.

55 million less

that reached the ceiling at the same moment that

Cristiano

left the capital of Spain. After two good seasons, with

21 goals and 10 assists

in both, Madrid replaced the Portuguese piece on the BBC with Asensio, who was

22 years old

. It was a risky but understandable gamble at the time.

That course, the Mallorcan

did not knock down the door

.

Or at least not like the young people who want to be starters in Madrid and world football stars tear it down, as

Vinicius

may be doing now

.

The six goals and nine assists in

44 games

of that campaign were very little, and

Eden Hazard

arrived

.

And Asensio's injury arrived on Madrid's North American tour.

A mishap that has changed the Mallorcan's career and that has made him go through

a tunnel without light at the end

: three goals in 10 games in 19-20, five in 35 in 20-21,

almost twelve months without being called up with Spain

, from 6-0 to Germany in November 2020, 36th most valuable footballer in LaLiga, 163 in the world ...

The example of Di María

And it has been his most worrying moment, in his

199th game with Madrid

and against the team that saw him grow, when Asensio may have found the light.

One night, a new position, three goals

and a career-changing ovation.

In 2014, due to the need to fit

Cristiano, Bale and Benzema

in Madrid's attack, Ancelotti devised a new

Ángel Di María

.

The Argentine, a pure winger throughout his career, both at Benfica and at the Bernabéu and in the national team, became the key interior of his scheme.

Vertical, with overflow, with a pass and with a goal, '

El Fideo

' was vital in

La Décima

, in

Carletto's

titles

and only left Madrid when

Manchester United

paid

75 million

for him in the most expensive sale in Madrid's history.

Strengths and weaknesses

What he did with Di María, Ancelotti wants to repeat with Asensio.

A more personal reconversion than that of the Argentine

. Here neither the others nor the context influence, but the player himself. Di María could have continued playing in the band, he continues to do so, but Asensio does not. The Italian coach insists on this, aware of the

virtues and defects of the Asensio of 2021

: he does not have a great overflow, he does not have an excessive speed tip, but he does have a good vision of the game and a huge shot, his main weapon.

Against Mallorca, the Spaniard found success in his arrivals to the area and in the confidence that his left-handed player gives him.

It was vertical

and always received behind Benzema, breaking lines and approaching the area. The defense of his old team was not the most difficult, but he shone like never before waiting to see him in a more complicated context, with more demand to defend and less to attack. In the band,

Vinicius and Rodrygo, daggers,

reminded the public why Asensio can no longer be stuck to the lime. The position calls for other qualities that the Mallorcan no longer has.

"I'm very happy, I knew I had to take this opportunity to start and I have shown that you can count on me," said Asensio after the match, with the ball in his arm. "

I'll play where the coach puts me

," he insisted.

Ancelotti

, for his part, once again insisted on the virtues of the Balearic in that indoor position: "He has shown that he can play in this position, that he can do a lot of damage. It's between the lines, he's not open, at the extreme. With the punch he has is very dangerous for the opponents, "he summarized, and ruled out that it is something specific:" He

can play on the outside, but in the defensive aspect

. With the ball, always in the same position because he likes it, when he enters on the inside he has the ball on the left and it is very dangerous, "he clarified.

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