HE real Madrid He achieved a sunny and spring victory over him. Spanish as hot as the pink of your shirt. A team that shuts itself down and embraces Joselu’s punches are enough arguments to survive in the First Division, but insufficient in a field like the Bernabéu. The Whites returned from the ‘perico’ striker’s goal with goals from Vinicius, Militao and Asensio in a quiet duel for Ancelotti’s men. They played in their minds thinking of Liverpool, whom they will face in the Champions League next Tuesday.
This patchy and wrinkled Madrid is a team with big parties. Shocks without pedigrees will make you lazy. Also, if the commitment is during the embarrassing lunch hour, which is an uncomfortable time for a team accustomed to playing in an aristocratic time zone like nine at night, then the duel becomes an uncomfortable process. And if we add to that This is Madrid, a team with an unbalanced roster where Ancelotti has made up for its shortcomings by shifting players into unlikely roles. The chance of stumbling increases.
Laziness and patches were joined by a sober competitor and a professional forward who, like Joselu, was one of his forwards to shoot without thinking. After seven minutes, all the ingredients were mixed in the shaker. A questionable winger, Camavinga snatched a long ball and Rubén Sánchez won the back and made a pass to the centre, where Joselu appeared to nail it into the upper corner. Another uphill game.
Vinicius’ goal
It took twenty minutes for Madrid to appear. The time it took for Ancelotti to get off the bench to squeeze in his sleepy players. The game gained vertigo and they began to appear in the gaps. And here is Madrid, Tyson. With Benzema at home waiting for Liverpool and Rodrygo acting as an emergency 9, Vinicius picked up a ball and started to advance against some of his opponents who did not decide to enter him, and the Brazilian used it for a low shot and tied the draw. The whites needed little, since they were already flying at the Bernabéu.
The game passed between the sounds of corruption in the Federation! and arbitration mess with a Figueroa Vázquez who complicates his life with expendable cards like Vinicius’s who shuffles the stands. Minutes trickled down and Espanyol dwindled in their field. A chaotic corner kick ended with a header after Militao’s cross from outside Tchouaméni. Pure heterodoxy. Madrid arrived at halftime as the process continued.
The second part passed between yawns. Carletto followed the game, raising his eyebrows, suspecting a game that did not draw and that any defensive negligence could cost him dearly. Beyond the very tough League challenge for the Whites, the Italian aspired to resolve the commitment by minimizing risks and effort.. Cornered on the bench despite being in the middle of the reload phase, Asensio and Ceballos spent a few minutes in the final stretch and Rodrygo fouled Pacheco’s crossbar in the most notable opportunity of the second lap. As the minutes wore on, the duel waned, as Espanyol tried to flex with the changes he made in the last minute offensively. Visitors died in rival territory, and Bernabéu whistled at their own negligence as Cabrera and Braithwaite finished unlucky.
The pink ones and Marco Asensio put the finishing touches on a pass from Nacho, with another goal questioning the importance of the Balearic Islands. Victoria is as calm as she is lazy.