Madrid lose control but win the duel against Shakhtar

Attacking is his thing.

It suits him well in any case, because at the Bernabéu there is no more orthodoxy than victory.

Speculating is not their language, nor is it understood in the stands.

It leads to a listless state, a blackout and a loss of control that anyone can take advantage of.

It is the risk of the strategy with which Madrid has covered its cracks since the classic.

More withdrawn, waiting for the rival to take advantage of one of his favorites: the counterattack.

Nobody runs wild in space like Madrid.

The danger is that he falls asleep.

team did so

for most of the first half against

at the Bernabéu, lying on the 1,000th goal that was a gift from the Ukrainians.

, the defender of the black and white breaks, received a ball from

in the area and his faulty control ended in the area of ​​action of

. The Brazilian's maneuver left the ball clean for

push it. A goal of such symbolism deserved a good signature.

Madrid had started with intensity in search of that fruit, with

on the right of attack.

With

injured, the bottom line is stark: anyone but

.

At least this Hazard, with little laughs on the bench.

The Galician is like the day laborer who knows that he has to herd every day if he wants to get back on the starting truck.

He did it from the beginning, deep, to offer

two shots.

The toughest, at point-blank range, found Trubin's hard, very hard hand.

A goalkeeper to follow the young Ukrainian.

AS IN BARCELONA, KIEV OR ELCHE

The goal in favor, however, changed the scene and Madrid relaxed the pressure, stepped back and waited. He had done it in Barcelona, ​​in Kiev against the same rival and in Elche, with solvent results. At the Bernabéu, it could get out of hand. The space and good footing of a team made in Ukraine with a Brazilian majority caused the possession, the danger and the chances to change. Everything.

Patrick shot at the post,

risked the penalty limit, although undoubtedly in the VAR, and Fernando looked for the door and caused the best of Courtois.

The tie was actually a consequence of the scenario.

received in the center, assisted with his chest over

and

finished with power to the net.

The Austrian center-back, who has consolidated the center of the defense alongside

, was outmatched in every step of the goal play.

MUDRYK, AN APPEARANCE IN THE BERNABÉU

Shakhtar were better with the ball in that stretch, with the contribution of a new talent that left its mark at the Bernabéu.

, 20, was a devil, dynamic, very fast and with good judgment in speed decisions, the most difficult in this game. When

i replaced him to return the starting theoretician,

, the young Ukrainian left to applause from the Bernabéu. They saw something.

Madrid managed to re-balance the dominance of the game after the break, although they did not live completely calm throughout the game. Even in the 90th minute he needed

. This Shakhtar had nothing to do with the one he thrashed in Kiev. When quality found its most choral version, with a high heel from

, the wall and assistance from Vinicius, and the definition of Benzema, everything that the rival was not able to add in the same amount, the party decided, but never it's over.

Ancelotti introduced

for

and went on to play with three centrals to try to regain control and better close the defense.

That worried him as much as seeing Benzema ask for change, touched.

Merit of an ambitious Shakhtar with the ball.

Madrid must be more so.

This has just begun.

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