Modric, the ace that continues in midfield, launches against Madrid in Balaidos

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• Protagonist Modric, from Balaídos' goal and applause to the speech about his friend Casemiro: "I'm sad, we're going to miss him"

The first

without

was a Madrid also

.

It was as if two were taken from a set of aces.

What remains is not even a pair, the minimum to play, but from an ace you can always expect what the aces do: it only takes an instant.

, like a

, found it on Tapia's lost foot to progress perpendicular to Celta's area and know, without looking, where the

of the goal was, the goal point.

The goal, Madrid's second, restored an advantage on the scoreboard that the Croat's team did not have on the pitch at all.

It was shortly before the break.

Shortly after returning to the field, Modric observed the space that

and Madrid closed a game against them almost without playing it.

An ace was enough.

Modric knew how important those goals were without having to ask.

Looking to the side of him was enough.

In midfield he didn't have the same company.

Everyone has understood Casemiro's decision, also from the club, and everyone has wished him the best, but everyone knows that Madrid's eleven is not an album of stickers.

Here one does not come off, the other sticks and the child stops crying.

No.

Tchouaméni

did it for a long time, as did

, against Celta who started out superior in everything except the goal.

Better in pressure and circulation.

In command, in a word, and for that you have to ask for explanations in the center of the field.

Madrid lacked the ball and anticipation, and had plenty of losses.

Tchouaméni must better fix the pivot position, although without becoming obsessed with being Casemiro, because that can lead him to not be the same.

.

The rest is trust.

Camavinga is different, more dynamic, with a vocation for free verse, like a Mustang on the prairie.

Submitting him to many tactical obligations can undermine others of his conditions, priceless in today's football.

As Ancelotti has said, he has many pieces for the midfield, but

, but looking for formulas that combine the conditions of his players.

There are never two alike.

So far, then, the comparison with Casemiro.

It was not difficult for Celta to dominate, because they are built for it and suffer without the ball.

It is one of the teams that always protects the greats, even if they end up thrashed.

It started with more spark than Madrid, which is looking at the season with a different perspective: it doesn't need the maximum to win now, but

.

The

will leave unknowns for everyone.

Planning is like rolling the dice.

The scoreboard was moved with isolated plays, two hands in the areas, one from

and the other from

, which left no doubt, VAR through.

are unique in the wall.

Celta had arrived more to haunt

, an old-style striker, who is going to give him things, but with little commitment for Courtois.

Nor did

have reason to fear, far away and quite a match for Madrid at the beginning.

Ancelotti's team was looking for Vinicius, marked to the limit by

, because it is about the most different player, the best plunger.

Benzema is something else, he needs others.

The Brazilian, no.

In certain circumstances he can be a more differential footballer than the French.

The way to solve the third goal, break included, despite a wrong step by Marchesin, was that of a

who has left doubts behind.

He shoots when he has to shoot.

The third goal came when Celta claimed another hand from Militao and had returned to the field in the same way it started.

He was

.

Valverde only took advantage of the tilt of the match while Ancelotti gave breaks, Balaídos stood up to applaud the best player and Benzema gave

the tip penalty .

Failure.

He is screwed.

Ask Modric.

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