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Scored: Casemiro (86) – Lucas Pérez (5 feathers) Joselu (49)
With the courage of the greatest team in the history of the C1 / Champions League, Real Madrid has overcome difficulties in the most prestigious club tournament on the planet. In the middle of last week, a 2-0 win over strong rival Inter Milan in Group B helped Los Blancos win tickets to the eighth round again.
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| Real Madrid vs Alaves |
In addition to the results, that day, Real Madrid also showed a positive side of the game. Despite the lack of a number of mainstays (Ramos, Valverde and Benzema), while Casemiro only entered the field in the second half, Los Blancos played very well thanks to reasonable tactical adjustments and the intelligent personnel selection of coach Zidane.
On defense, contrary to initial concerns, Nacho made a great game when he played with Varane. Not only good defense, Nacho also excellently completed the task of launching a ranged attack that belonged to Ramos.
In midfield, when Casemiro was on the bench and Valverde was injured, coach Zidane went from a familiar 4-3-3 scheme to a 4-2-3-1. In which Danish player Martin Odegaard played prominently when he was set with a “number 10” stone. In attack, Eden Hazard had an active day and scored his first goal in the Champions League in more than 3 years.
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| Real Madrid start list |
However, at the Alavés reception on the eleventh round of La Liga 2020/21, Casemiro returned to the starting list, which means that coach Zidane returned to the game 4-3-3 and of course Odegaard was pushed to the bench. Because Perhaps it is more adapted to the 4-2-3-1 scheme.
Furthermore, compared to the victory over Inter Milan a few days ago, the French leader also adjusted two winger positions when Carvajal was injured and Mendy was out. General Marcelo assumed the well-known left-back role, while Vázquez was knocked down from the attack line toward the defense to kick the right-back. On the Real squad, Vazquez is arguably the most versatile player when he can play multiple positions and is ready to pull off the stunts when needed. Vazquez’s replacement in attack was Marcon Asensio.
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| List of Alavés |
On the other side of the front line, Alavés is really an easy opponent to deal with Los Blancos because they only won 1/16 of the last time the two sides met (lost 1). Particularly at home, Real Madrid beat Alavés 8 times in the last 8 times. Before the trip to Madrid, coach Pablo Machín’s team had a series of 3 draws, in which Alavés took the fallen big man from Barcelona with the score 1-1.
Barely 4 minutes of the game had elapsed when it suddenly exploded on Laguardia.
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| Alavés reached to lead the table from the point of 11 meters |
Of course, the referee had enough ground to mark the penalty spot and Lucas Pérez, the striker with time at Arsenal, hit an 11-meter shot, although Courtois hit in the right direction to open the scoring for Alavés. . The goal of defeat had a strong impact on the spirit of the Royal Spanish team, affecting performance on the field.
It wasn’t until the 15th minute that Real Madrid had the first dangerous chance of the game when, from a corner by Toni Kroos, forward Mariano Díaz headed in with a strong header, but the ball went straight to the position of Pacheco’s goalkeeper.
In the 20th minute, Eden Hazard appeared to have been fouled by Duarte in the 16m50 area, but the referee showed no sign of interest in the situation, even if it was only a small discussion with the VAR team. Just before that, the Belgian superstar led the ball to break down the middle and launched a stretch, but Pacheco got back to focus.
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| Midfielder Mariano Díaz missed at least 2 goals in the first half |
Passionate about the attack, Real Madrid had to receive a goal in the second minute. In the 24th minute, Alavés made a quick counterattack and Lucas Pérez slowly charged into the 16’50 area before tossing the ball over Courtois’ head. The intention is very correct, but the movements are not standard, so the Belgian goalkeeper can still reflectively raise his hand to push the ball.
Not only was it the deadlock in the scoring stage, but in the 28th minute, Los Blancos also suffered human losses when Hazard appeared to be injured again after a short recovery time and did not contribute much.
Until the end of the first half, the defending La Liga champions continued to attack diligently and despite difficulties, they still created plenty of opportunities to score, but not once did they score a goal. For example, in the 39th minute, after his teammates won the ball near the Alavés penalty area, Toni Kroos fired 2 consecutive shots in the 16m50 area but failed to beat goalkeeper Pacheco.
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| Real Madrid were completely defenseless in the first half, although there were plenty of opportunities to eat |
Minutes later, Mariano Díaz got the second most powerful header of the match and the result was exactly the same: the ball went straight to the goalkeeper of the visiting team.
At the beginning of the second half, when the situation did not improve, the home team had to concede a goal in minute 2. 49 minutes, goalkeeper Courtois received the ball too badly, was caught by Joselu and easily used his left foot to score. the ball into the empty net. from outside the 16m50 line.
The more you drive, the more “stubborn” of Real Madrid, leading to lack of precision in coordination situations, not to mention creativity, not much when Hazard has left the field and Asensio passes out or Kroos, again Modric is only partially good at holding the ball.
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| Joselu celebrates the goal to make it 2-0 for Alavés |
In the 63rd minute, Lucas Pérez again had the opportunity to “face to face” with Courtois after a lightning attack but the Spanish forward continued to miss. To solve the creative stage, coach Zidane focused on adjusting the attack when Vinicius, Isco and Odegaard took the field, respectively.
However, the situation did not improve much. In the 73rd minute, Lucas Vázquez burst into Alavés’s 16m50 area from the right wing, technically managed before hitting the ball to narrow the post. A few minutes later, Mariano Díaz “dance sewing” was fine when in front of him there was an open arch and a few meters ahead, but in the final shot, he got bored.
In the 83rd minute, the ball was thrown from the right wing into the visitors’ area 5m50 and still the home team’s 24th striker made a header. This time, the ball flew a bit more towards the goal if Lejeune did not fly to make a spectacular header over the line.
Finally, in the 86th minute, the whites also scored a goal. From the corner, Vinicius tried to finish close to the goal and Pacheco couldn’t hit. Casemiro immediately appeared on the empty net.
But it was all too late and the reigning La Liga champions failed to regain the score in spectacular fashion. In fact, if they had had more luck, Real Madrid could have avoided defeat when, in the last seconds, Isco punctured his right foot from near the 16m50 line and the ball hit the crossbar.
Thus, after only 10 games played in La Liga this season, Real Madrid have lost 3, equal to the number of defeats of the entire season before reaching the podium. It seems that how to protect the throne of coach Zidane and the teachers is becoming more difficult than ever.
TEAM
REAL MADRID (4-3-3): Thibaut Courtois; Lucas Vázquez, Nacho, Raphael Varane, Marcelo (Ferland Mendy 70 ‘); Casemiro, Luka Modric (Odegaard 70 ‘), Toni Kroos (Isco 70’); Marco Asensio (Vinícius 63 ‘), Mariano, Eden Hazard (Rodrygo 28’)
ALAVES (5-3-2): Fernando Pacheco; Ximo Navarro, Victor Laguardia, Florian Lejeune, Ruben Duarte, Luis Rioja; Jota, Rodrigo Battaglia, Thomas Pina (Edgar Méndez 77 ‘); Lucas Perez (Borja Sainz 89 ‘), Joselu
