Madrid takes a step forward to which only Falcao responds

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Madrid needed a step forward, because it is not a team for the rear. Nobility, even weathered, is nobility. It is necessary to consolidate it effectively, but even the tremors of the last minutes against Rayo would not justify going back, except as a circumstantial strategy. Making that habit ends up making a team feel small. The Bernabéu that returns between canvases and the smell of damp concrete would not tolerate it. A good place, then, to change the pace, although this does not prevent the suspense that always exists if a guy like

, the goal in the flesh.

The visitor was also a rival to whom it is convenient to mark the line, before whom it is necessary to define authority quickly, because if this

catches the ball he is capable of making the game his own, by possession and by rhythm. His was the end, badly managed by

, but the rest of the time Madrid said no and barely allowed him anything else.

The Italian had thrown his people back in the classic in search of the pragmatism that would give him results. He had them, but continuing on that path was like going over the ledge of a cliff. The

warned him and made Carletto redder than usual. In the next appearance, this time in the League, he changed some pieces, but above all he changed the place where he wanted to play and the time he wanted to do it. Running when there is space is in Madrid's blood, but this is not incompatible with having more control of the game than the opposite.

Asensio

was one of those who appeared among the headlines and converted the right, together with

, into the lane with the most offensive flow for Madrid.

Ancelotti also lined up

in the eleven, with the mission of tactically compensating for the arrivals from the side, whose back Álvaro, one of Rayo's fastest footballers, was looking for.

, on the opposite side, started less active, but from his awakening, in a steal of the ball, the goal was born, as he moved to the right and passed Asensio, who looked up and put the shot for Kroos.

In precision, German is unique.

The VAR gave suspense to the goal, nothing more.

A new midfield

Camavinga's physical ability was positive for

, although the Frenchman had a shortage of arrival. The three tenors in the center of the field need Stakhanovistic help to dose themselves, be they from Camavinga or Valverde, the two most indicated.

was not there before Rayo

. Madrid had more ball and had more balance, although this did not prevent them from counterattacking, because Rayo's intentions, with the advanced defense, were like a nursery for the whites.

caught the second in a counter, going into space to finish off an Alaba cross directly to the meeting point. It was his tenth goal in the League, which could have been more, in two other arrivals in the first half that the Frenchman threw away.

The break came with surprising authority due to the backgrounds of each other, since Iraola's team has distinguished itself by being aggressive against the greats. Ask Koeman. Vinicius, in a personal move that caused the astonishment of the respectable and even of the witnesses on the benches, was able to close the match, as well as the Brazilian along with Mendy and Benzema a little later. They didn't and that delayed the changes Ancelotti was planning to make. The Italian was slow in giving relief and perhaps it is a sign that he does not think he can improve much what he has in the field. Against Shakhtar he made only two and out of obligation.

Iraola

had no other choice, and in that trick the Basque came out the winner.

Bebe and

entered

.

The first threatened and the second did his job, searching for the auction site.

Add five in moments in this League.

Falcao, who already scored against Barça, offered Rayo unexpected minutes of life and nervousness to a Madrid that ended

with a false nine and that only needed to close a great act, but not a complete act.

It is a first step.

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