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Zidane’s obsession for keeping one team for too many minutes is an old vice that took its toll on him again after six consecutive victories. It took 78 minutes for Valverde and Hazard to enter, who reappeared after his injury against Alavés on November 28. He introduced a dribbling winger like Vinicius in 86, with no time at all. And nobody understood that the Frenchman did not take out a battering ram like Mariano when the party demanded a auctioneer.
Zizou’s pupils complained about a possible penalty to Benzema by grab that the referee did not indicate. They compared it with the whistle by Carvajal’s grab and that was 1-1 local. It is the sixth penalty against that is decided against the whites this season.
Hazard returned to football after missing his streak of six consecutive triumphs that Real Madrid enjoyed after that fiasco against the Vitoria team. He touched the ball a dozen times, but could not contribute anything in attack against a well-protected Elche in defense.
Marcelo reappeared in the starting eleven of the Real Madrid a month later, after being the protagonist in the defeat against Alavés, 1-2. He was one of the men who paid for those broken dishes. Then, without Marcelo, without Isco, with an almost fixed eleven, Real Madrid won six consecutive victories against Sevilla, Borussia, Atlético, Athletic, Eibar and Granada. Last night, the Brazilian returned to eleven. And he had the bad luck to live the end of that triumphant series, because of the draw suffered in the penalty committed by Carvajal.
This season Marcelo accumulate 609 minutes over seven games, of which four ended in defeat (Shakhtar, Cádiz, Valencia and Alavés) and one in a draw, last night. Of course, he is not the culprit of these results, but one of the protagonists of those failures. In the Champions League he has not played again after that setback against the Ukrainians on the first day, 2-3 at Di Stéfano.
It is true that Mendy defends better than him, but Marcelo is much better in attack, given his class. Yesterday deserved to score in the whiplash that crashed into the crossbar. The Brazilian trains with a private coach and has improved his physical level. You still need more.
Courtois served as spokesman for the Madrid squad to complain about the arbitration in Elche: “If he gives a penalty for grabbing Carvajal, he has to signal the penalty for grabbing Benzema.” That action on the French striker was the controversy of the meeting.
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