Ancelotti’s winning bet

Tomás González-Martín

Updated:20/09/2021 09:20h

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He played it and won. Real Madrid lost 1-0 and Ancelotti placed four forwards in search of an impossible. Rodrygo, Benzema, Vinicius and Hazard, who was fine, had that responsibility. Lugo, Jovic entered by Hazard to hunt for an aerial ball. They were still four points. And the goals came. Vinicius he scored the tie, the fifth in his private account, two more than he got the previous season. Benzema signed the comeback and the leadership of the Whites by heading a center from the Brazilian. The impossible dream became possible.

The second news of this heart attack victory was Hazard’s good football. Byou want to regain your level, your halo, its magic. He returned to be a starter after not making his debut in the Champions League. And he was one of the best in a Real Madrid tired by the battle of San Siro, which overcame that handicap and sentenced in a character lesson.

Hazard, good

Another defensive error, this time by Lucas Vázquez, cost Valencia the goal. But Vinicius, the man who took his place Hazard on the left, tied on a shot that bounced off Foulquier. The Belgian entered from the right, “Vini Jr.” on the left and Benzema in the middle. That was Carletto’s initial idea. The Frenchman turned the game around and secured the lead for the white club in a heart-stopping final. He scored his sixth goal of the course.

Hazard is missing a goal. “He has done very well,” he stressed Ancelotti. He considers that he should not play two consecutive games, to preserve his physique. In Mestalla he had a different mission than usual. At first he was not a pure striker. He played on the right, but not as usual. The coach wants me to be the fourth midfielder when the rival demands it and last night was one of those days. He had to go down to defend as he has never done and was behind to receive the ball and create the offensive plays with meters ahead.

He linked good combinations with Benzema and generated three dangerous actions that the black and white defense prevented by blocking Madrid’s shots in extremis. He got away three times with his dribbles, thing that before I could not. Properly progress. He is not yet the outstanding Hazard we met at Chelsea, but he has started that path.

Carvajal asked for the change as a precaution in the equator of the first half, when feeling discomfort in the twin right, and the entry of Lucas Vázquez meant that Real Madrid’s right wing was made up of two extremes, with the Belgian placed twenty meters in front.

Eden bounced free kicks and corner kicks. Moved all over the areas to catch the ball and start the offense. It’s what you like.

The goal of ex-Madrid player Hugo Duro “seated” Casemiro and Modric to make room for Camavinga and Rodrygo, the scorer from Milan. There were already four forwards and the Belgian was still on the pitch. Good news. Together with Benzema, he was the best builder. Vinicius and the French finished the comeback. Ancelotti’s risky strategy got its prize. Triumph belongs to the brave. The club is delighted with him.

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