Champion Madrid

The title falls like a ripe grape in the hands of those who won it some time ago.

A League in a strange time, the second, like a love in the times of cholera, faithful to those who best resist in all senses, the most stable in terms of football and emotions, but also economically, directed with an iron hand by

.

In a pandemic, his decisions have been successful.

Looking around makes you dizzy.

Madrid has done more, even.

He has matured in the face of footballers who are not who they were.

It is about

,

or

, which fired the first thunder on the way to Cibeles so that the Frenchman put the rubric to the League.

In the absence of four days, the title is unappealable but not unpalatable.

Although the circumstances reserve the voracity for the Champions League, that will be on Wednesday, because today Madrid is champion, very champion.

The distance in points is sky-high, especially against a knocked-down Barça, which is trying to recover from the hand of a prodigal son,

.

Before their match against Mallorca, there are 18, when there are 12 left at stake.

Beyond Barça's decomposition, the dominance of the tournament has been imperial by Madrid, consecutive leader since the third day of the tournament.

Neither Atlético nor the emerging Real Sociedad or Sevilla altered their regularity.

The Barça 0-4 at the Bernabéu did not destabilize him either.

On the contrary, he woke up from the nightmare with a final stretch that supports

, also physically, the great doubt about the management of the squad, in favor of a very fixed eleven.

Hired as a transition coach, the title leaves him as the coach called to open the new Bernabéu.

The man of the 'Décima', he has won all the major leagues.

ANCELOTTI MANAGEMENT

Conservative and temperate, the Italian is not a friend of sudden changes, but circumstances demanded him with the title virtually won.

Against Espanyol, he left

,

and

as the only "stars" against Espanyol.

The Brazilian returned after an injury, he needed minutes before the duel with City, and the defense, cracked by the losses of

,

and

, claimed him as a circumstantial central defender.

Mario Gila finished in that place, debutant of the subsidiary, who has given a great performance under the direction of Raúl.

and

accompanied the Croatian, who was like a title insurance policy.

The presence of the older footballer and workload in the eleven could surprise, but Ancelotti's plan was to distribute minutes.

At the hour, he left the field with Casemiro and Benzema and

entered , plus Vinicius later.

There are always risks, but amateurs or managers fear them more than professionals.

With some control, there's no better way to keep the tone competitive than on the pitch.

EXPERIMENTAL ELEVEN

Benzema, the 'joker' of Madrid, entered an attack that had already settled the game thanks to the footballer who has grown the most in the last third of the season.

It is Rodrygo, Ancelotti's third striker when he thinks of the 4-3-3.

If he leans towards 4-4-2, he uses Valverde.

Against Espanyol, the experimental line-up took him to 4-2-3-1, in which the last apex was

.

His were the first occasions, up to three, but in the first one he finished off late and in the clearest one he sent to the post.

He lacks adjustment, a consequence of inactivity.

Vallejo also has it, but he was little compromised, and Ceballos is hardly appreciated, which seems, now, given his great opportunity.

Rodrygo has, on the other hand, the precision that Mariano lacks.

Also

, author of the third goal.

The Brazilian showed it especially with the first of his two goals, which ended with a start between doubts, with the ball for Espanyol, but without showing the sting of

.

He had as a partner on the left an old rocker,

, who is serving his last days at the Bernabéu, cheered by a deserved legacy.

Nobody has won so many titles in its history.

It is said soon.

When

It seemed that no one would surpass him.

Marcelo did it, a contemporary of the footballer who puts a face on this League and this Madrid.

The signature, at the pass of Vinicius, could not be from another.

Benzema is his new 'O Rei'.

The face of white pride received, along with Marcelo, the trophy from

, the face that has embarrassed Spanish football, in the shadows of the box.

The champion is better off under the Madrid sun, the Velázquez sky, where he celebrates and watches over weapons.

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