He did not fail before Villarreal either, again in another exercise of pragmatism and controversy resolved by the enlightened Benzema, and Real Madrid broke a negative trend of years, improper of his greatnessto. He conquered the Coronavirus League without pomp but deservedly and closed the circle of Zidane, that supposed aligner who knows little about tactics, but with stratospheric numbers in the most successful club in the world. Few like him to handle egos, kids with dreams of greatness and illustrious who have won everything.
With your effort, dedication and professionalism, the footballers are crowned and they reward a coach who has made the regular tournament their ‘leitmotiv’. He had three consecutive Champions and a League title in his previous stage, but when he returned in March 2019, he set out to convince everyone that the great continental title is pageantry, but the League symbolizes daily work well done.
He set out to dethrone Barça and always insisted that throwing the League to reign in Europe is not justifiable. Quietly, has persuaded everyone, to the point that this Madrid, which many considered dead, has chained ten consecutive victories since the end of confinement. From common sense, Zidane has transformed a sad cast into a champion without Cristiano’s goals. Except for Bale and James, two lost cases for the cause, the Marseillaise has known how to have everyone ready and feel important.
Against a Villarreal with more muscle than quality, Madrid remained faithful to the line of its new normality. Slow play, patience and great effectiveness. No frills and no shine, but with self-esteem, confidence and self-confidence. Only in the final stretch, after marking Iborra, did he leave the game.
It is not the Italian style that makes the demanding merengue fan fall in love, but it is celebrated because it serves to end the hegemony of a decadent Barça. The key of this Madrid is to be effective above but, above all, not to grant only occasions. If in the first two complete courses with the Frenchman on the bench this team conceded 41 and 44 goals, now Courtois has only received 22 and has left his goal to zero in 19 games. A record in the purest Simeone style, unthinkable in a Madrid that in the last ten years had only conquered two League titles because of Messi and his constant distractions.
Spine
Very little had happened at Di Stéfano, but it already seemed that Madrid was more than Villarreal when Benzema scored, shortly before the first hydration break. That goal demonstrated the virtues of this team anchored wonderfully by the spine they form Courtois, Ramos, Casemiro, the rejuvenated Modric and Benzema.
Villarreal tried to react with the changes, always offensive, in the second half, before, how could it be otherwise, the title was consummated with controversy. Supposed penalty to Ramos and frivolity of the camero, who wanted to do that of Suárez and Messi and threw it with an assist to Benzema. But the action was repeated because the Frenchman entered the area much earlier. Karim threw it away as the canons command. The champion slept on his laurels Iborra gave him emotion in the end. Courtois, a goal annulled to Lucas by previous hand, and Osasuna, in the Camp Nou, put the finishing touch.
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