Sand see it coming. It happened what had to happen in view of the recent trajectory of both teams. Real Madrid lost the leadership because they have blatantly disregarded the League in recent days. And Rayo won because he put more effort into it, more intensity and more order. But above all he put more football than Madrid. He was better throughout the match, he always believed in victory, he did not give up when his rival came back without deserving it and when he took the lead again he did not back down to speculate with his rent. Only from the 87th minute did Madrid manage to bottle him up, already desperately. And so and the whole game ended with a save by Courtois to a foul by Lejeune that went straight to make it 4-2. Honor to Lightning. An electrical equipment. A fun team.
Madrid went to Qatar ahead of time. We said it last week and we repeat it now because he has neither returned from his mental World Cup nor is he expected. Some like Benzema are more noticeable and others less, but the whites have been unplugging and the results are obvious: one victory in the last four games. The slump has ended up reaching Ancelotti, unable to keep them in tension and that yesterday he did not manage to get a single minute out of Ceballos while Comesaa was enough on his own to destroy the white midfield, in which Modric and Tchouameni were shipwrecked with a crash. Carvajal, Mendy, Vinicius… The list of victims of Madrid is extensive. Even Valverde seemed timid. Only Asensio and Courtois kept the type.
And his success was little argument before a team like Iraola’s, expelled in a very rigorous way. An orderly, pressing, ambitious Ray, with personality, serving the ball well and falling back with discipline. It is hard to believe that with players like Isi, Fran García, Trejo or Álvaro García there is not a single player from the fringe in Luis Enrique’s World Cup pre-list. No one from Rayo will go to the World Cup. They don’t need to. They are focused on the League. And with games like yesterday they dignify it. What cannot be said this time about a Madrid that has lost its mind to the World Cup too soon.
