2024-02-03 11:21:44
Real Madrid won on a visit to Getafe in LaLiga, but the negative note was given by one of the Merengues central defenders
In one of the most uncomfortable stadiums in the League, the Real Madrid climbed to the lead following beating 0-2 at Getafetamed in the Coliseum by the effectiveness of Joselu, author of a double that sealed a serious and excessively placid victory for the men led by Carlo Ancelotti.
Joselu took advantage of his opportunity in the middle of his coach’s rotations. He was one of the seven changes made by the Italian coach. He sat Rodrygo down and gave a lesson as a finisher to claim himself as a more than valid option to have more opportunities. His numbers are not bad at all: he already has 13 goals in all competitions.
The battle that was expected at the Coliseum was nothing more than a slight skirmish for Real Madrid. Getafe, always combative, came to the event with an enviable resume as a local team. Aside from the penalty match at the Metropolitano in which they lost to Rayo, I didn’t know the word defeat at home. And they had only conceded four goals.
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But Bordalás committed an unforgivable sin from the start. He thought too much regarding Real Madrid and minimized his weapons to nullify Ancelotti’s team. He put Djené to chase Bellingham, Carmona in the most influential place in Greenwood to help with Vinícius in coverage and placed the English attacker up front next to Borja Mayoral.
With Greenwood constrained, without his powerful arrival from behind, Getafe nullified itself almost completely. And for Real Madrid, with their changes with an eye on Atlético de Madrid, it was enough to establish order, good sense and roll up their sleeves a little to leave Getafe without arguments.
The effort and the broom came from Tchouaméni, who began to steal balls. The French midfielder has grown a lot since the criticism he received in the Super Cup. Those days are gone and at the Coliseum he gave a small ‘master class’ on a great recovery player in the first part.
This time, together with Modric and Valverde. The first, absent in the last matches, pulled out a good number of passes and trademark movements from his hat. A delight for the lover of good football and a shame to see how the Croatian, if no one fixes it, is saying goodbye to Real Madrid day by day.
With Bordalás’ men completely nullified, Real Madrid, even at half throttle, seemed immensely superior. One fact: Getafe did not test Lunin even once in the opening act. And, without many fireworks, Ancelotti’s team did it up to five times.
One, offside, ended with a shot once morest Joselu’s crossbar; another, from Vinícius, was stopped by Soria in a one-on-one; Valverde, from outside the area, sent the ball over the crossbar; and Joselu, on two more occasions, scored another shot that Soria saved and, following a quarter of an hour, opened the scoring.
With a great play by Lucas Vázquez, who overtook Gastón on the right and crossed into the heart of the area, Joselu rose above Duarte and headed in a well-deserved goal thanks to the greater consistency of a team that went to the locker room satisfied.
Bordalás had no choice but to make changes to try to fix a broken group. Djené, Duarte and Carmona left and Jordi Martín, Latasa and Diego Rico entered. He placed Greenwood in his place, on the right wing, he put Latasa as Borja Mayoral’s partner and Diego Rico, a pure full-back, was placed on the left with Jordi Martín. That is, Getafe left the experiments behind to recover its essence.
Ancelotti was forced to replace Rüdiger, who was injured following a collision with Greenwood on the stroke of half-time. Camavinga came out and Tchouaméni had to delay his position in the center of the defense. Real Madrid lost their broom and, with the British in his natural place, the right wing, Getafe finally began to get going.
And almost as soon as he stepped onto the field, Greenwood fired a shot once morest the post, placed two very dangerous crosses and began to threaten a team that cut the Blues’ momentum in the bud with another appearance by Joselu. The white striker collected a pass from Vinícius on the edge of the area, sat down Alderete and with an accurate left foot shot stopped Getafe’s reaction.
At that moment, Getafe almost completely collapsed. He barely caught a flash of Greenwood. Little more. And there was still half an hour to go. Real Madrid used it to like themselves excessively, like Vinícius, who was ostentatious on two occasions once morest Soria. He did not sentence, Getafe still hit another ball into the woodwork through Mayoral and there was no attempt at a chance reaction.
In the end, uncertainty did not appear on the Madrid side, which was completely right in its approach. Without fireworks, with great seriousness and a good attitude, he carried out an a priori very complicated match that Joselu tamed with a double that is worth a lead.
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