Par Maël Chétien
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Brahim Diaz succeeded what Sesko missed. Imago/Panoramic/IMAGO/Roger Petzsche/Imago/Panoramic/IMAGO/Teresa Kroeger/RHR-PHOTO
Real won this Tuesday evening against RB Leipzig (1-0) and was able to count on impeccable “replacements” against the madness of the Germans. Find out what caught the editorial attention.
TOPS
Tchouaméni, reconversion on the approach?
Urgently placed back in the Madrid squad to compensate for the absences of Militao, Alaba and Rudiger, all injured, Aurélien Tchouaméni once again performed. This is the third time that he has helped out in the center, and the third time that he has achieved a boss performance. For a player for whom this is not his preferred position, it would seem as if he had played there all his life. Ancelotti said that it was especially necessary “the head” to play central, fortunately for him on top of that, Tchouaméni has the feet, and the aggressiveness. Like when he comes out in a very authoritarian way at the feet of the RBL attackers. Imperial in the air, on the ground, he is an all-terrain vehicle that is more commonly called: soldier. This evening, he proved it again.
No Bellingham, no problem
20 goals in all competitions, Jude Bellingham’s record with Real is dizzying as he is so great, and puts pressure on his replacement. Well, not for Brahim Diaz, started to compensate for the Englishman’s injury. The only scorer of the evening, he allowed the Madrilenians to take a serious option on qualification, and with style. Heckled from all sides, and one, and two, and three defenders dribbled, and a sumptuous strike came to clean the left corner. The “alternate” from Bellingham assumed his rank, and even took ownership of his celebration.
Why look for Kepa when Lunin is there
With the injury to Thibault Courtois, his understudy Lunin found himself barred from the Merengue cage following the transfer of Kepa. A few months and events later, the Ukrainian takes his decision back. For his first direct elimination match in C1, he pulled out all the stops. Faced with the German heat, the goalkeeper stepped up his saves, disgusting Benjamin Sesko and company. During the entire match, he succeeded in everything he had to do, before being called upon several times at the end of the matches. Olmo, Simon, and especially Sesko, Lunin stopped the attempts one by one, and when he seemed in danger, he reassured with his outings, at the feet of a man called Sesko… First re in the final phase of the Champions League successful, and most important, the clean sheet assured.
FLOPS
Simakan was fooled by Carvajal
Carvajal is a smart guy, and Simakan doesn’t seem to have been informed. However, the Frenchman played a pretty good game. But this small turning point will disrupt the rest of his meeting, and not only that… In the Madrid area, the experienced Carvajal provokes his opponent who has the misfortune to respond. As a result, Simakan received a yellow card, preventing him from defending as he would have liked in front of Vinicius. But above all, synonymous with suspension for the return match, the former Strasbourg player is punished for his naivety.
Sesko a tout essayé en just
There was no shortage of opportunities. Despite this, Benjamin Sesko did not shine. From the second minute, he thought he was starting his evening, scoring a goal with a header, refused for an offside position before the action. After that, the nets didn’t shake again, and it wasn’t for lack of trying. He harvested no less than 7 occasions, ahead of a colossal Lunin. Whether in the first half when he misses his lob, or in the second when he misses two face-offs against a Lunin who is decidedly too strong for him. The Slovenian was so often close to scoring, unfortunately for his teammates, he failed in his mission.
