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A match in the middle of a Champions League
quarterfinal
and against a rival from the middle of the table, in full and interesting Saturday night in Madrid.
The circumstances could sound like an excess of relaxation, but
Real Madrid
reached their own spring at
Stamford Bridge
and confirmed against
Getafe
the positive inertia with which they walk in the
League
.
Having overcome the painful classic and the complicated game in
Vigo
, the Madrid derby against Getafe served to give
Luka Modric and Toni Kroos
air and to condition some members of the second unit for the final stretch of the season.
Casemiro
and
Lucas Vazquez
They sentenced a placid afternoon for the leader, who will travel to
Pizjuán
on Easter Sunday with a twelve-point advantage over
Julen Lopetegui
's men .
It was not an easy start for the Whites, with Getafe amassing a line of five defenders and another of three midfielders to interrupt Madrid's attack, but
Ancelotti
's side relied on their most stimulating players to besiege
David Soria
's goal .
Those, as of April, are
Fede Valverde, Vinicius Junior and Karim Benzema
.
The Uruguayan, off-roader, overcomes lines like someone who takes a deep breath.
The Frenchman settles where he needs his team, as always, yesterday going down a few meters to the creation.
And the Brazilian, always electric and aware of what he enjoys at the Bernabéu, was the flame of the first half.
Madrid went into the break with 71% of possession, with 12 shots and with one goal, a header from Casemiro, recovering his role as striker, after an exquisite cross from
Vinicius with the outside
, in the purest Luka Modric style.
Another variant of the technical evolution that the former
Flamengo player
is experiencing .
Ancelotti's team broke the tables in the 38th minute after half an hour of attacking the rival net.
Benzema scored in the 3rd minute
, but Soto Grado annulled the Frenchman's offside goal.
They tried and were close to scoring
Marcelo, Lucas, Valverde and Vinicius
, all taking advantage of an organized attack in the Madrid diagonals, always looking to enter on the wing against the populated Azulona defence, with three central defenders and two lanes.
In attack, Quique's men were unable to shoot on goal.
Camavinga, the rudder
Without Modric or Kroos
for the first time since the Cup match against Alcoyano,
Camavinga
acted as compass, and one of the good ones.
The Frenchman needs and takes advantage of his minutes, and Madrid works with him, especially against such closed rivals.
He builds, takes risks, generates and works.
He organized the play of the goal opening for Vinicius, who measured the pass to Casemiro for 1-0.
The midfielder received the award for his improvement in recent days, although he will not be able to be at Pizjuán after seeing a yellow card for protesting.
A game, next Sunday, in which Madrid will arrive with a
twelve
-point advantage after a closed victory with a padlock in the second half yesterday.
Getafe did not change their script
, falling back and waiting for the counterattacks, and Ancelotti's team felt comfortable in static attacks, giving speed only when the duel called for it and once again focusing on
Camavinga, Vinicius
, always incisive, and Valverde, who was able to score with a whiplash from outside the area.
Rodrygo
joined the party
, also in need of numbers as well as good feelings.
The Brazilian teamed up with Lucas and Valverde on several walls and began to find holes in the rival baseline.
First with a good cross that Soria cleared before the arrival of Benzema and then with the 2-0 assist for Lucas Vázquez.
Madrid organized an offensive down the right wing with Valverde, the ball reached Lucas, who filtered deep for Rodrygo.
He held the opportunity and assisted the Galician defender again, who, free from a mark, scored the goal of tranquility with his left leg with pleasure.
The second goal served to give
Benzema a rest
thinking about Chelsea and so that Modric and Kroos did not have minutes either.
Instead of the French striker,
Gareth Bale
entered , who played his first minutes at the Bernabéu after more than two years and received a loud whistle.
Ceballos also came
on for Casemiro
, with
Ancelotti
focused on the continental lap.
“He is one of the few who deserves more minutes,” the Italian coach said of him.
The former Betis formed a
youth midfield with Camavinga and Valverde.
Madrid sustained the result against an inoperative Getafe and will sleep relaxed, like the game, twelve points behind,
leader, very leader
.
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