The end of the Ceballos drought and a Madrid comeback four months later: "We should never be left for dead"

• Chronicle Madrid traces back two goals and signs its resurrection

1,390 days

.

had not scored in a

match since March 31, 2019. It was in a league duel against

and the Andalusian thought that better times were coming, but it has been almost four years of patience and suffering.

Minutes of waiting on the white team's bench,

(with one last goal in June 2020) to regain faith and a year and a half of fighting for a place in

's rotation .

It has cost him, but Ceballos finally has his turning point.

So it should be.

With 2-0 on the scoreboard for

, the former

received a desperate call from

.

The Italian, on the verge of one of his worst weeks as Madrid coach, on the way to losing breath in the League, falling heavily in the Super Cup final against Barça and

, resorted to the only thing he had to throw Looking Back:

.

And the Spanish duo took control of the game.

The midfielder assisted

to make it 2-1 and set up a perfect ball for Benzema at 2-2.

Jorgensen stopped, but the rejection sent him to the

network .

And when the duel led to extra time, a good start from Vinicius ended with a pass to Asensio.

He held out on the bottom line, saw the arrival of

and assisted so that the man from Utrera defined first, perfectly, on the left post of the 'submarine'.

"I have suffered a lot"

"

. We came off the bench and luckily we were able to contribute", Ceballos valued.

"Any player wants more minutes.

to play every game," he added, and admitted that "there have been many games in which I suffered a lot, after a very long injury, I'm enjoying little by little minutes."

2-3 and

, the first since on matchday 5 of the League they recovered from a 0-1 defeat by

at the Bernabéu.

The other was in the league debut in

, overcoming the initial 1-0.

Four months in which he has lived a roller coaster.

Fantastic start to the season, a break for the

and a downturn in January until the 'click' of Villarreal's break.

There, when things were worse and when the criticism was more pressing, Madrid resurfaced.

The story of the past Champions League sounds the same to them, won based on epic.

"In the locker room we talked about how we could come back and that we

.

We have encouraged ourselves, we have corrected things in the tactical aspect and we have shown what Real Madrid is.

We needed a win and go to the next round.

It will give us a good confidence boost," explained Asensio.

In La Cerámica, in addition, Ancelotti's men had the

, growing physically and footballingly on the axis of Ceballos, stellar in his best game for years.

The first part, yes, was once again suspenseful.

"This injured team is more dangerous. This team will continue to fight, we are alive in the League, in the Champions League and in the Cup. We should never be left for dead," Ceballos explained.

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