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Zinedine Zidane did not miss the opportunity to insist on trusting Sergio Busquets in Barcelona’s midfield, and he took advantage of it in the interest of Real Madrid in the best way.
Karim Benzema receives the ball outside the Barcelona penalty area and Gerrard Piqué comes out to face him with the slow coverage of Sergio Busquets, so a Real Madrid player throws himself from behind and receives the pass.
A phrase repeated by the men of Zinedine Zidane, scoring two goals in the Classic trio.
In this way, Fedi Valverde scored quickly for Real Madrid, after he started running since Benzema received the ball.
Vincius did so on a similar ball before the end of the first half, but like most balls that hit him during the game, he misbehaved.
Look how Piqué left his post on the third goal to face Modric, so Vincius threw the ball in Netto’s face.
The numbers of the match say that Busquets did not make any defensive intervention to get the ball off the feet of the Real Madrid players!
Valverde gained the confidence of Zidane to participate in Modric’s main account, and you can see why when you see the numbers of the Uruguayan midfielder.
Valverde, who has more energy, has been able to recover the ball from the Barcelona players in his own half of the stadium 4 times during the first half in which he scored the Real Madrid goal.
Valverde gave the Real Madrid midfielder a lively habit on the right side.
And Marco Asensio appeared in the Real Madrid line-up as a right-back providing defensive support to Nacho, who was later replaced by Lucas Vásquez.
Asensio did not appear much in the Real Madrid formation this season, but it is clear that Zidane wanted to create a balance on this front to break the fruitful collaboration of Barcelona this season between Jordi Alba and Anso Fati.
Indeed, Asensio’s role was to watch over Jordi Alba when Barcelona had the ball, but Alba managed to escape Asensio’s control once, and the result was?
A pass to Fati, including a quick draw.
Almost the same shot was repeated in the second half when Alba fled on Asensio’s back.
But Asensio returned the ball twice to Real Madrid, creating the balance that Real Madrid sometimes loses when pushing Valverde or Isco down the right wing.
On the other side of the pitch, Barcelona was closer to Deest and Pedri.
Faced with Dest’s brilliance, Mendy had to participate in the attack to push Barcelona’s right forward to retreat, especially in the closing minutes of the first half.
In fact, Mendy forms a triangle with Tony Crosse and Vinicius on the left front, pushing Dest and Pedry to retreat.
And when Real Madrid has the ball, Mendy moves forward and tries to position himself in the space between Dest and Lingle.
The match numbers say that Toni Kroos has a 97% correct passing rate, creating 5 chances to score for his teammates.
Once Real Madrid scored the second goal, he returned to defense to absorb pressure from Barcelona.
Real Madrid defended with five and 3 or 4 players in the middle, with converging lines and an emphasis on depth.
Real Madrid focused on the depth of the stadium, leaving both sides to Barcelona safe, and the homeowners lost control after Koeman engaged all his offensive weapons.
Real Madrid, despite playing with a late defense, managed to absorb the pressure and threaten Neto’s goal with counterattacks.
