Orfeo Suarez Madrid
Madrid
Updated Sunday, February 18, 2024-16:32
Under the Vallecas sun, night fell on Madrid without really understanding the reason. It was an eclipse, which came due to his sufficiency more than due to
Ancelotti
's rotations , after starting the same way he had finished the last games: on fire. The feeling of superiority was such that this Rayito's rebellion was not included in his script. He was wrong. That is never lacking in Vallecas, whether to win or lose. The tie (1-1) is the victory of this new Rayo by
Íñigo Pérez
. For Madrid, nothing catastrophic, given their advantage in the League, just a warning. If there are more, we will talk about something else and less about
Mbappé
.
Vallecas always arouses intensities, its own, those of others and those of its people, pure neighborhood, good neighborhood. Ancelotti already knew what it was like to have a bad time in the place, but when looking for opportunities to give the eleven a rinse, once a gap had been opened with Girona and after the Champions League, he played in Vallecas.
Fran García
,
Lucas Vázquez
,
Modric
,
Brahim
and
Joselu
agreed to a ownership position in which they are the least common. Also the Croatian. Although very recently it seemed anathema to us, 'tempus fugit'. There is no greater certainty, redoubled in football.
FEETING START
Ancelotti's hand has ensured that there is no gap between those who know themselves as substitutes and those who do not, so Madrid started at the usual level, intense in the duels and with the initiative. It lasted the minimum, very little to win. That start surprised Vallecas, where the worst, it is assumed, is suffered when one's strength is intact. The arrival of the new coach to their bench was also a new stimulus, although Madrid anesthetized him with the first needle, Joselu's needle.
The action of the first goal, before reaching three minutes, revealed a rule that cannot be forgotten, especially if the opponent is Madrid: the plays end. If not, the opponent can finish them.
Raúl de Tomás
, who was returning to the starting lineup with Íñigo Pérez, not only missed an opportunity that
Lunin
gave him in a bad ball exit, but also left the play alive for the counterattack. Brahim passed inside to
Valverde
, launched, and his cross went straight to Joselu. Madrid in three sounds: 'pim, pam, pum'. There was nothing to suggest doubt, but it had to be the VAR who allowed the white hugs.
DOUBTS OF TCHOUAMENI
In the ideal scenario for Madrid, Ancelotti's team lacked individual fang and courage. Rayo, on the other hand, put in what they were supposed to do and had not had, intensity, and with little equalized the match and compromised Madrid.
Isi
,
Trejo
,
Pacha Espino
and
Álvaro
became the owners of the three quarters and penetrated, especially through the visiting right, where the offensive soul of
Lucas Vázquez
made it clear where the doubts of
Tchouaméni
, an accidental central defender who also germinated,
He had a couple of accidents. Normal. None like the one he caused with the ball at his feet against
Álvaro
, at the beginning of the second half. The Madrid player corrected the mistake in time to avoid the goal.
Rayo's goal, which tied the match, would come after a clear penalty, when
Camavinga
deflected a shot from Trejo with his hand. Little is understood about the suspense of the VAR, but there was one. The action had begun when Lucas Vázquez was overtaken and Rayo found a clean center. After Trejo's shot, RDT did not miss the penalty spot. The goal made good the change brought about by Rayo, who no longer deviated from their constants to take the game where they wanted. That few things would happen. The few, yes, were caused by Madrid. Valverde hit the post and Brahim explored the recesses of the area, with a throw and a delivery to Joselu. On the other coast, only the scare given by Tchouaméni before the rogue Álvaro.
Ancelotti looked on a bench that in Vallecas was a jewel box and called
Rodrygo
and
Kroos
to take Brahim and Camavinga off the field, until then the best in a flat Madrid.
Carvajal
entered shortly after
, but ended up expelled for imprudence and impotence. The substitutions did not imply a change in system, the players lined up in a 4-2-3-1. Nobody has as much to change the final minutes and nobody plays them like Madrid. The best thing is not to leave him, which is what Rayo did, even with
Falcao
already on the field. Without spaces and with
Vinicius
disconnected, he only had the dead ball, but
Dmitrievski
reached the end of the parabola of Kroos's beat, a parabola that did not return Madrid to the sun.