The first Real Madrid without Spaniards in the eleven succumbs in Villarreal due to its defensive chaos

A Madrid without Spaniards in the eleven, the first in 121 years of history.

A Madrid with

on the right,

on the left and

and

as center backs.

A Madrid without

or

, but a painful Madrid in defense, with the German confused and the French decisive in the error that allowed Villarreal's goal, before the VAR showed us the new football with two penalties from the hands that cannot be amputated, fortunately without altering the game hierarchy on the scoreboard.

The white defeat (2-1) is not the result of an axiom, but of an act that shows Madrid's weaknesses after the World Cup and that could cost them the lead, waiting for what Barça does in the Metropolitan.

Neither in Valladolid nor against Cacereño, in the Cup, Madrid showed guarantees, despite the favorable results.

The parenthesis in Qatar that complicates the return of the greats has, on the other hand, suited Villarreal very well for the maturation that

's game needs .

In this test-tube team, with less pressure, less egos and without the provocations of

, he seems to recover his pulse, although without the inspiration offered by watching the cows graze in the meadows.

Ancelotti

, on the other hand, needs to 'reset' and reconnect to Madrid.

Let him start with the defense.

He needs the hierarchy of Militao where he weighs the most, in the center, and to use Nacho, who is insurance in uncertain times.

He may not have the stature of others, something debatable, but he is less wrong.

In Ceramics too many were wrong.

RÚDIGER, CLUELESS

The first, Rüdiger, which led Villarreal to intentionally step on the erogenous zone of the field and present a footballer for the future.

arrives with a clean punch, although he does not mark one of his notches at Madrid's expense.

He lacked as much fine-tuning as he has done in his 10 goals this season, four in the League.

took him to the first team before returning to the Premier and now the question is how long he will last at the

club, a selling club.

The goalkeeper

is the latest example.

Madrid had an idea, but neither the mechanisms nor the precision to execute it.

Hence their problems in a first half dominated by all luck by Villarreal.

All except the goal.

That against the whites is not football, it is tightrope walking.

Luckily for Quique Setién's men, the start of the second act corrected the dysfunction between what the ball said and the scoreboard.

EXCELLENT GERARD MORENO

Ancelotti's team wanted to take their defense forward, but without adequate pressure on the opposing passers, whether they were Parejo or, above all, Gerard Moreno, the best on his team.

It was a constant from the start, with occasions that had

, the loser of a one-on-one with Courtois, and

, who threw the heel post, his actors.

's interpretation of Madrid's doubts

was excellent, like a deadly vertex outside on the last pass or in transitions.

In the first goal, he took advantage of Mendy's mistake to shoot Yeremi Pino, who this time found the net.

The penalty goal, which would define the local victory, rewarded his game.

It is certain that Ancelotti made his players see the mistakes they had made during the first period, but to no avail.

On the return to the field, they understood it the first time.

That disastrous Madrid in defense did not make up for his mistakes thanks to his offensive power, not at all.

Except for a 'clarification' from

to

, dried up by Albiol, Madrid only compromised Pepe Reina once in the entire first half.

Benzema launched it at the first touch and the goalkeeper avoided the goal with his leg on his way out.

In this return to the goal as a starter, at 40 years old, due to the departure of

, the circumstances were propitious for Madrid to have been more threatening, but they were not capable.

After Yeremi Pino's goal proved the game right and acted like a punch on Madrid's nervous system, the VAR came into action, with which we are undoubtedly witnessing a new football, in what it has to do with watch with hands in areas.

First ,

pointed out , by indication of the VOR room, a hand from

at the beginning of a play that ended with an error by Benzema.

He then pointed to another from Alaba as the defender got up.

Neither of these two actions had the intention that a maximum sentence would deserve.

But that's what there is.

and Gerard Moreno himself returned with their successes to the game where it was.

Ancelotti needed to revolutionize the clash and for this he pulled on his two main agitators,

and

.

had not managed to impose dominance in the media, Vinicius alternated starts with protests, too many lately, and

continued without the energy and starts that he had before Qatar.

Quique Setién began, then, to feel the nerves that he had not suffered in a dizzying game, something that is not what he likes the most.

Danjuma was his choice to respond and the reality is that he was the closest, on the whistle, to increasing the local victory, but not to changing reality.

It is up to Ancelotti to do it.

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