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Very cold night and many empty seats at the

, which was hosting the only team in the League that had not lost at home:

by

, one of the coaches who best suits

. He had beaten him with

, with

, with

and with

, an unequivocal sign of how difficult the duel was for

. The Italian, who ruled out "rotating for rotating" in the previous one, recovered

, who had only played 35 minutes in the last four games, and maintained his extensive backbone (from

to

) to add his seventh consecutive victory, the ninth in ten games since he fell in

against Espanyol.

The kick-off by

, the first Spanish to win the WTA Finals, kicked off a match that should have been played after the October international break. Marcelino lived it desperate in the band, putting his hands to his head due to the bad pressure of his team, the

, while

, whose Madrid is the

, calmly watched the first leg of the duel until the scares began. Arms up from the transalpine, screaming, snorting ...

Among their defenses they provoked several occasions from Athletic, who could get ahead before the murmurs of the Bernabéu, the stadium in Spain in which the Basque team has received the most goals, 188.

And, suddenly,

. The Frenchman scored his

goal

of the season, his

against the rojiblancos, his favorite enemy. While the Frenchman raised his arms, Alaba joked with

, who had assisted the forward after a mistake in the shot. 48 hours after the delivery of the

and the

who did not attend the gala, Chamartín defended his captain: «

“Shouted the fans, who received the response of the excited footballer. The Madrid forward has scored

who has played, including the three with France in the last break.

«Benzema deserves the Ballon d'Or, it

.

It seems that the year is divided into two Cups (America's Cup, Euro Cup ...) and they

Courtois complained.

Athletic occasions

Athletic's continuous chances forced Ancelotti to react after the usual conversation with his son

.

entered

Madrid looked for the balance it lacked. After one of the clearest options for the visiting team and taking advantage of the changes that Marcelino was making, Courtois tried to open a conversation with

to solve the team's defensive problems. The Belgian pointed out the wide space in the center of all rival attacks and his teammates, aware of the range acquired by the goalkeeper, once again a great savior, listened.

In the stands of the Bernabéu, the weather and the succession of Athletic occasions froze the atmosphere and only

, always Vinicius, encouraged the spirits and raised the revolutions. It was far from being his best game, but he left details, controls and dribbling that the public celebrated as their own. He is the right eye of Madrid and he knows it.

Ancelotti was not happy with the situation and opted for

, spending four changes on a second unit in which, for now,

still does not enter

.

The Belgian, who has not participated in a Madrid game since the eight minutes he played against

, did not even do warm-up exercises on the wing and saw from the bench, along with

, how his team suffered .

Carletto, now without

on the field, asked his players for calm with the ball while Athletic besieged Courtois' goal and the stands surrendered to Camavinga's effort.

Benzema, Vinicius and Courtois, Madrid remains the same.

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