The 'Brazilians' already govern Chamartín: Vinicius and Rodrygo, from 9% to 66% of Madrid's goals

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Life has changed a lot since October

.

That night,

gave one of the great bells of that edition of the

and took the victory of

.

Real

played its home games in

taking advantage of the pandemic to accelerate the works of the new

, and the Ukrainians did so in the

, far from home, from a

region already besieged by

, but safe in the capital of the country.

sat on the Madrid bench

,

was the starting left-back,

scored an own goal,

tried to rule the midfield,

started on the right and

Jovic replaced

at the top of the attack.

The visitors included seven Brazilian soccer players and a Portuguese coach.

Two years later, all the protagonists of that party have abandoned their posts.

That defeat put Madrid's short-term future in the competition in jeopardy and the 2-0 win in Kiev heated up the

, who, despite an excellent knockout phase, resigned, angry at the club's lack of confidence, after fall in the semifinals.

Now Madrid, which seemed to enter an

, is

with

, part of that old guard from which much more was not expected continues to be its backbone and has a

that has knocked down the door.

Meanwhile, Shakhtar still does not play in

and neither does it in

for the Russian invasion.

He walks without his own field between

(for the local league) and

(for the Champions), he is plagued by young Ukrainians, a Croatian coach and he does not know when he will return to what was his home.

"Champagne Football"

For all this, last night's game seemed to be played between two different teams than those of 2020.

, beardless at that time of the pandemic, made the Chamartín public smile.

Something that the white coliseum is getting used to in recent months.

The "

", as they are beginning to be known in

, made it 2-0 for Ancelotti's team in the first half hour of "

", as Madrid's official account

defined it on

In the 2020-2021 season, the one in which Shakhtar won at

,

in 2,722 minutes.

A goal action every 209 minutes.

, for his part, scored

that ended up in the net.

He participated in a moment that went up on the scoreboard every

.

The eight goals that they added between the two meant 9% of Madrid's goals.

Last year

exploded and this season

has started at the height of what was promised in the last weeks of the previous year: now it's his turn.

The left winger accumulates

in 956 minutes, adding a goal action every 87 minutes, while the former Santos player has

in 576 minutes.

He is part of a goal every

.

Together they have left behind that 9% participation in the goals of the 2020-2021 season to be a vital part of the current Madrid: they have put their stamp on 40% of the team's goals: 11 of 27. If we add the assists, the result is that they have been protagonists of

.

An atrocity.

"It's more decisive"

The understanding of both with Benzema caused the best moments for Madrid in the match against Shakhtar, although despite the

they failed to increase the white team's income and forced Carletto to give them "a wake-up call" at half-time.

"

!", the Italian yelled at Rodrygo after the Ukrainians' goal.

The coach placed the Brazilian on the same level as Benzema in defence, forming a 4-4-2 formation, and gave him freedom to move behind the Frenchman in attack, provoking goal combinations.

"With his quality, he can play anywhere. He is at his best since I arrived. He has to progress, but he is more decisive. He is progressing very well. He deserves it for his contribution", praised Ancelotti.

The question remains of how the transalpine will manage to make room for

, assuming that

are his starting midfielders and

is a fixture, either in the middle or on the right.

The explosion of

, yes, expands the options of a Madrid with a lot of wardrobe and with the possibility of being chameleon at times, capable of abandoning that eternal

of recent years thanks to the versatility of the Brazilian or Valverde.

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