THE PENALTIES SAVED THE WHITES
Without a game, without a spark and without a bench: Madrid was a disaster
Published:11/01/2023 - 23:30h
Updated:11/01/2023 - 23:36h
Real Madrid advanced to the final of the Spanish Super Cup in Arabia after a very weak game against Valencia (1-1, 4-3 p.). Penalties saved Carlo Ancelotti's men in a new example of the bad moment that the whites are going through
To the equal that in the final of the last Glass of Rey, Valencia sold expensive his defeat in front of the Real Madrid. The failures of Eray Cömert and José Luis Gayà in the batch of penaltis condemned to the ones of Gennaro Gattuso after a very worthy party that were near to win of the statutory time against a Real Madrid again in evidence by his bad game and scarce basic wardrobe to resolve decisive parties.
Only a penalti of Karim Benzema in the first part and the interventions of Thibaut Courtois were supported by life to the ones of Carlo Ancelotti in Riad. After a first horrible part of Eduardo Camavinga, the míster of Reggiolo bet by Luka Modric to reorganise a midfield broken in the 45 initial minutes. However, to the equal that the Saturday in Villarreal, the whites slept in the start of the complement, fitting an unusual goal.
A centre to the second stick of Toni Lato found to Samuel Lino free of mark for fusilar to Courtois after a distraction of Lucas Vázquez. The extreme reconverted in side left lesionado in the 68', forcing the entry of a Dani Carvajal that follows struggling to surpass his muscular problems. Also it fell by injury Éder Militao in the 74'. The Brazilian was replaced by Ferland Mendy and, during all the final stretch and the extention, the 'merengues' entrusted to the timely courts of Antonio Rüdiger to sustain the tie.
In attack, little and at all the Wednesday in Riad. Rodrygo Went totally unimportant and Marco Asensio, his replacement in the 84', neither contributed at all, except converting the fourth penalti of the batch. Vinicius Was the one who more tried it by right, with a Benzema movedizo, but errático during the greater part of the party. Fede Valverde and Toni Kroos advanced lines to look for close the party and neither were fine in contrary field, although the German was the best of the Madrid in the 120 statutory minutes.
The bottom of the Madrid is a disaster
Without David Praises, Aurélien Tchouaméni and, possibly, without Lucas neither Militao, Nacho will have to return to the eleven the Sunday against Betis or Barça. The own will do Carvajal and Mendy, with which, again, sobrarán spaces to explode in white field, more still if Camavinga repeats titularity. To Ancelotti finish him the options in defence and, regarding pivote, the panorama is not neither much less alentador, further of the presence of Dani Ceballos.
Like this the things, the Madrid has turned into a predictable team, barren in contrary and vulnerable field in defence. 16 goals against in 16 parties of League denote the fragility of the bottom 'merengue' and, without the hit usual neither variants of offensive weight, is logical that the whites depend on the penaltis to resolve parties. Nevertheless, they are finalists of the Supercopa and will defend the title the Sunday.