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.