A thick Real Madrid yields to Girona its second draw at the Bernabéu

If you have to look at plays with a magnifying glass, it is that there has not been enough clarity in the game.

At the Bernabéu everything that Madrid did was thick.

The cleanliness in the actions belonged to an academic Girona with personality, who plays more than what his classification in the table says.

's men

, who let their second draw at home slip away, with

sent off, lose momentum on the eve of the World Cup, which is going to take a long time for the teams that have their main protagonists.

The Golden Ball, in extreme care, is one of them.

's return

produced sensations similar to listening to the proximity of a stampede with his head in the grass.

Without

and with

less fiery than usual, the Uruguayan becomes a differential factor for Ancelotti's attack.

On the right, in the most advanced line, he was present but he was not so impatient or threatening, except for the action of the procedure in the goal.

The physicist asks for meters to activate and it is normal for him to find them a few meters behind and from more central positions.

's entry

, in the second half, returned it to that place.

The Uruguayan has the duality to do it, but it is his offensive power, his shot and his goal that gives him value to compete for a place in Madrid.

Against Girona, he reached it once, a little more than the rest, but not enough for a victory.

MARIANO BEFORE HARZARD

The appearance of the Uruguayan in that place, perhaps still diminished by the blow suffered recently, with

in Benzema's place, affects the seriousness of

's situation , the best paid and the most inconsequential of the team.

In the desperate final minutes,

appeared before the Belgian.

Not even the imminence of the World Cup has changed his situation.

Except contractually, he is out of Madrid.

The problems that left Tchouaméni out shortly before the game

gave the position of midfielder to

, a footballer who is yet to do, without the coach having defined where he is best observed, whether in that position or as an inside player.

In the first he needs to anchor himself, since the losses, which are quite a lot, activate the red code.

In the second he needs more clarity.

The Frenchman's technique, yes, is beyond any doubt.

But he needs more things.

Rodrygo, who never falls below the mark, was the most dynamic, helped by

's step forward .

The central defenders of Girona understood that the Brazilian was the man to watch and they caged him whenever they could.

Their sides did not give Madrid enough in attack either.

In this way, the defensive work of

's team was not difficult , and they did not need an excessive retreat either.

Madrid had a hard time filtering balls, so they reduced the danger to the shots, in charge of Valverde, Camavinga or Rodrygo, who shot to the post in the first half.

GIRONA TRANSITIONS

Girona safely overcame, except for a mess by their goalkeeper, the initial moments of high pressure from Madrid to manage to bring danger in transitions that did not find Ancelotti's men well placed.

finished a few minutes later, an instant after Rodrygo did it,

headed slightly wide shortly after and

shot the crossbar after a play that showed the local imbalances.

The action began with a poorly measured shot by the goalkeeper by

, who lost the one-on-one with Valeri.

His death pass ended in the wood.

With

on the bench, the

this time he did not show all the desired authority.

The German has enormous physical power in the areas, but in the open field he gets lost.

Míchel had to retire

, one of his best men along with

, due to a blow, and put

, an emerging talent in the League, on the field, as he demonstrated in isolated actions in the outcome at the Bernabéu.

When Girona felt better, they suffered the curse of Madrid, which finds goals out of nowhere.

A doubt from

gave the opportunity to the W of Madrid, Valverde and Vinicius.

On a good day, they explode like a cluster bomb.

In a bad one, they always reach a shooting position.

The Uruguayan yielded to the Brazilian, who did not fail.

The situation was, at that moment, ideal for the Whites, given the need for Girona and the desire for the spaces that would appear due to the advantage on the scoreboard.

No time.

Asensio separated his arm enough for the VAR to interpret a penalty and thus communicate it to Melero López.

One more hand for the debate, which together with the fault pointed out at the end about Gazzaniga, fuels controversy.

, who had entered the field, has something in common with Vinicius.

A shot is enough for them that, days after losing in Leipzig, reduces the leader's advantage to one point.

It's not a trend, not yet.

That it is not depends on Madrid.

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