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The leader of the League is rare, perhaps as are almost all leaders, who They base their superiority on talent, and talent is fickle. Real Madrid players get motivated in big games and bring out the best in themselves and then lose points to modest opponents who are actually annoying, because they play at guerrilla warfare until they are caught treacherously. Ancelotti’s team beat Barcelona, Atlético and Athletic in San Mamés with authority, to draw against Osasuna and Cádiz at the Bernabéu and lose to the Sheriff in Chamartín, against the Blue and Whites of Cornellá and against the azulones de Getafe , where only the youth squad Peter stood out among the visitors
. Five stumbles, four in the League and one in the Champions League, which are defined by the same standard, the lack of resources and magic to open a lock formed by defenses of five that are actually eleven. Ten points has been left the whole of Ancelotti before the enemy walls.
The loss, 1-2, to humble Moldovan Sheriff is the best example of this inability. Real Madrid shot 32 times on goal, made the opposite goalkeeper a national hero, only scored one goal and fell on two counterattacks with unrepeatable goals.
Four years ago the magic of Cristiano solved a dozen convoluted games per season with his coup de grace. His teammates sent him balls when things didn’t look good and the Portuguese painted the picture perfectly. But Ronaldo is not and the Madrid team does not have a savior scorer. Noticeable.
Benzema has an undeniable quality, but he is not a murderer of the area. Currently there is no great star who solves impossible games in the white squad. And when the opponent executes the bolt, Real Madrid knows that their team will not win. Is a danger, because all opponents will put the wall in front of Real Madrid. It works.
Ancelotti got angry in Getafe because what happened had talked to his wards. He asked for concentration, speed of movements and tactical discipline to open the blue wall and when push came to shove, his men played with unbearable parsimony. Militao failed in the local goal and then there were no ideas, genius, speed of ball circulation, mobility, attitude and nerve to come back. It became clear once again that Real Madrid is crossed by the rivals they lock up.
The opponents have taken his license plate and that is a dilemma for Ancelotti. If Vinicius is not there, there is no speed and horizontal football becomes a predictable trend at the feet of Casemiro and Kroos. Lack of spark and depth in the leader when the opponent castles next to his goalkeeper. Y Valverde, a footballer of power to open the can, was on the bench. Only the Brazilian forward has dribble to open holes in the rival area. It is a problem for the leader, yes, who is first in the League and continues in the Champions League, but it is a problem, because quality opponents know that pending issue of the white team and will seek that route with the auction of a more qualitative counterattack than that of modest teams. The low-block approach, with opponents defending in an intensive retreat and five players behind, is unbearable for Ancelotti’s professionals.
Osasuna de Arrasate opened this break in the pipes at the Bernabéu, tying at zero at. Villarreal also added a goalless equalizer a few days later, but the yellows dominated. The Cadiz de Cervera knew the lesson and was the last team to score without goals in Chamartín. The whites would not have scored even if the game lasted a thousand minutes. There was no genius, there was nothing. History repeated itself on Sunday at the Coliseum, before an enemy who interrupted creative football with constant fouls and transformed the match into a succession of fouls and free-kick crosses.
Ancelotti dI must work to solve a problem that it will be repeated in time. Alcoyano awaits him tomorrow with the same tactic, which allowed him to win the Whites in the Cup a year ago.
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