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La Real loses points against Elche, loses the opportunity to approach Atlético and sees Marcelo prolong his “astral hell”
Real Madrid are going through a difficult time in the 20/21 season, and the Brazilian Marcelo continues in his astral hell for the meringues, with his worst stage since his arrival at the club, in the distant year 2007.
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The disappointment this time was against Elche, the team at the bottom of the table that came from a sequence of eight games without winning in the League. Even in the fight for the lead with Atlético de Madrid, Real Madrid did not get more than a draw against the local team. Modric opened the scoring for the capital’s team, which conceded the tie in the second half, with a penalty converted by Fidel Chaves after Carvajal’s foul.
With the setback, Real lost points to Elche for the first time since 1978 and is two points behind Atlético de Madrid, which has two fewer games in the league.
Without playing for a minute with Real in the already interrupted sequence of six club victories, Marcelo started this Wednesday’s game (30), and gave one more example of the “zica” that has accompanied him in recent seasons . With the Brazilian on the pitch instead of the French Ferland Mendy, Real win less and lose much more.
There are 28 wins and 5 losses in 42 games with Mendy as the starter (67% and 12%, respectively), against 16 wins and 8 losses in the 28 games with Marcelo as the starter (59% and 30%, respectively). The numbers help to show the superiority of the young Frenchman, considered more vigorous and active defensively, against a Marcelo who is very supportive but who leaves something to be desired in the defensive field.
The good news for Madrid is that Marcelo continues to fight for the team title. During his vacations in Sierra Nevada, the four-time Champions League champion hired a physical trainer to accompany him, to regain his form and return to his best days for the whites.
