He Real Madrid beat this Wednesday Real Valladolid by the minimum (1-0), but still not convincing. A saving goal from Vinicius Jr., who took advantage of a gift from the Pucelana defense in the second half, as soon as he replaced a misguided Jovic, he avoided the merengue puncture in a match in which the highlight were the great interventions of the goalkeepers Courtois Y Robert.
Zidane revolutionized his starting team for Real Madrid's first home game at the stadium Alfredo Di Stéfano after playing their first two LaLiga Santander games away from home. The French coach, who could not count on again Eden Hazard, who has suffered a new injury that prevents him from making his debut this season, presented four changes in the eleven and again bet on a 4-4-2 in rhombus.
On the sides, Carvajal and Mendy started on the bench and made their debut Álvaro Odriozola and Marcelo, who played their first minutes of the season. The presence of Luka modric and of Isco, instead of the injured Kroos and Odegaard, respectively.
Luka Jovic, with his future in the air, He repeated as a starter after his poor performance last Saturday against Betis at Benito Villamarín. He Real Madrid encountered more problems than anticipated before a Valladolid who was the first to approach danger with a shot of Weissman to the center of Orellana.
The merengue team did not take long to respond with a double occasion in the 9th minute that they starred first Marcelo and then Fede Valverde with a shot that Roberto Jimenez he responded with a brutal stop.
Jovic misses a sung goal
Shortly after, Jovic he missed a goal sung with a high shot from the heart of the area after a cross from Fede Valverde. Madrid ran into a Valladolid who competed very well, with clear ideas and exerting strong pressure on whites, where Isco was lost and Casemiro, below its usual level. Valverde and Modric, on the contrary, they did maintain a good footballing tone.
Jovic appeared again with a powerful kick that crashed into the side of the net, but those of Sergio Gonzalez responded on the edge of the break with a strong low shot from Waldo. Thus ended the first 45 minutes in which Madrid dominated without aim against a Valladolid that knew how to resist.
In the resumption, those of Zidane came out ready to take advantage on the scoreboard, but the goal Roberto showed off again in a head of Jovic. The rejection was picked up by Casemiro, who finished point-blank at the crossbar in a play that ended with the referee pointing out a clear foul in attack by Sergio Ramos.
Valladolid, emboldened to see that time was running in their favor, came close to taking the lead on the scoreboard with a shot from Waldo around the corner and with a Weissman shot that Thibaut Courtois neutralized with a saving hand.
Zidane changes the system
With Madrid stuck in attack, Zidane changed the drawing to gain depth and went from 4-4-2 yet 4-3-3 with the simultaneous entry of three players: Carvajal, Marco Asensio and Vinicius Jr. The play went well for Zizou because the Brazilian striker broke the 0-0 in his first shot on goal after entering the field and after taking advantage of a series of errors in the chain of the pucelana defense, in which the central defender Bruno he was especially unfortunate.
(+) This was Vinicius's goal:
But Valladolid He did not give up and sought the tie. In the final line, Courtois was erected again in the savior of Madrid by aborting a whiplash from outside the area of Waldo. In the back corner, Bruno did not hit head.
In a match with the two goalkeepers shining with their own light, Robert intervened with success again shooting Benzema. With the crash coming to an end Modric crashed a ball into the post that would have given the final tranquility to a Madrid that sweated ink to add three new points in this League.
(+) See the summary with the best actions of the match:
| Real Madrid | Real Valladolid |
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one |
0 |
| one T. Courtois | 13 Robert | ||
| 19 TO. Odriozola 57 ' | eleven Pablo Hervías | ||
| (twenty Vinicius Jr.) | 6 Bruno | ||
| 4 Sergio Ramos | 5 Javi sanchez | ||
| 5 R. Varane | 3 Raul Carnero | ||
| 12 Marcelo | twenty-one Míchel 87 ' | ||
| 22 Isco 57 ' | (fifteen J. El Yamiq) | s.c | |
| (two D. Carvajal) | twenty F. San Emeterio 63 ' | ||
| 10 L. Modrić | (16 Marcos André) | ||
| 14 Casemiro | 10 Oscar Plano | ||
| fifteen F. Valverde | 12 F. Orellana 63 ' | ||
| 18 L. Jović 57 ' | (8 Kike perez) | ||
| (eleven M. Asensio) | 2. 3 Waldo 74 ' | ||
| 9 K. Benzema 87 ' | (7 Sergi Guardiola) | ||
| (16 B. Mayoral) | s.c | 9 S. Weissman 74 ' |
Goals:(1-0) Vinicius Jr. (65 ')
Cards:L Bruno (71 '), Casemiro (78'), Marcelo (93 ')L
Referee: Soto Grado (Riojano Committee)
Spectators: Behind closed doors at the Alfredo Di Stéfano
| THE BEST The great interventions of both goalkeepers | |
| WORST The lack of success of a Jovic without confidence |