Orfeo Suarez
Updated Thursday, February 1, 2024-23:07
Joselu
's arrival
in Madrid, where everyone sighs for a 'nine' as one sighs when touching the images of the medals, was for the player an act of faith. He didn't care, because he is not in Madrid when he arrived, like
Brahim
, upset by the penalty that was not given to him, but on the way back. He knows what his role is and he knows enough about the striker's job to know that there is a lot of fishing in Madrid's offensive fishing grounds. [Narrative and Statistics, 0-2]
He scored or lamented, but he complied, when they let him, until he found his night in Comanche territory, because the
Getafe
Coliseum is not just any place. He scored both goals for Madrid, managed and was generous with
Vinicius
surpassed by the local goalkeeper. It was not an act of faith. It was the act of a leader who makes his team leaders ahead of the great Girona. This does not change anything in the team, in the hierarchy, but it changes the way
Joselu
observes and speaks
. With games like the one played in Getafe he earns respect. It's not little.
Perhaps Bordalás feels that his team lost him a little in the first half. There are few things that can annoy a coach more than Madrid's first goal, because among the white merits of
Lucas Vázquez
and
Joselu
, there were gross demerits of his players.
Gastón
did not stop the Galician,
Domingos Duarte
lost the mark of the white forward and
Soria
was left in a bad place by the doubt. I go out, I don't go out, he wants me, he doesn't want me from the goalkeepers. The common denominator of all these errors was the lack of forcefulness, of intensity, exactly what defines this Getafe author.
Intensity is not synonymous with defense, although it is easy to confuse it.
Bordalás
' team
did not position itself on the field as an expressly defensive team would do. No. He sought high pressure on Madrid and advanced his defense to reduce the spaces where Madrid maneuvered. The problem is that he exposed the spaces where he could run.
Ancelotti
saw it from the beginning and that is why Madrid looked for long balls, behind their full-backs. A good part of them started from their centre-backs,
Rüdiger
and
Nacho
.
Vinicius
was the receiver on the left, like a
running back
on the run. In that luck, he is unbeatable. When he went toe-to-toe with Soria, however, he lost the match three times. In the second half,
Joselu
gave him the goal wrapped in gift paper, perhaps in return for the assist that allowed him to score the second, but for
Vini
it was not the day of the goal.
Despite this, the Brazilian was calmer and less hysterical than other times, even when he fell in the area after possible contact with
Carmona
.
Vinicius
could not find harmony with
Rodrygo
in a Madrid with changes in the eleven, although with the same feeling of security.
Valverde
appeared on the right, with
Joselu
in the center.
The hierarchy with which
Tchouaméni
was used in the media was important until
Rüdiger 's injury forced him to return to the central position and
Camavinga
was placed in his place
. Deep
Lucas Vázquez
on the right, like the soldier who always delivers, to assist
Joselu
, not only in the goal, and the forward is precise in his shots.
In addition to opening the scoring and sealing the victory when Getafe seemed to be resurrected,
Joselu
hit the crossbar, although offside, and forced at least another great save from
Soria
. This response makes it difficult to distinguish between substitutes and starters, including
Modric
again
, in this Madrid with all its players activated. A guarantee for what is to come, the return of the Champions League, and something that once again demonstrates the emotional intelligence of his coach.
New attitude
Bordalás
had to use his to change things when everyone went to the locker room, because
Lunin
had only gotten into a little trouble, through his fault, in the first half. Nothing that
Getafe
did compromised him.
Bordalás
shook
the bench, and presumably the discourse in the locker room, and Getafe found what they were looking for with more rhythm and ball speed, and more intensity in the disputes.
Greenwood
, a guy with a lot to contribute, threw to the base of the post.
Mayoral
would find the wood again later. What seemed like a warning was also a warning, and that is that Madrid is more dangerous the more threatened it is. One of his transitions into the open field took
Joselu
to the perfect spot, where
Brahim
also arrived , knocked down, without the VAR correcting him. Incomprehensible.