LaLiga returned, Real Madrid returned and a classic returned: the choral character of the Madrid team, orphaned by a predator in the area since Cristiano collected the gear (450 goals in nine seasons), on the way to Turin. He may not score Benzema, try without luck Hazard and hardly show up Rodrygo, and still sign Madrid a firm performance in attack, especially in the first half, with great success: six shots, five on goal, three goals by Kroos, Ramos and Marcelo. A half and two defenses doing other people's work in this Madrid of all.
With Marcelo's target, the third for the Whites in Di Stéfano against Eibar, there are 19 footballers who have seen goal in LaLiga and 20 in the total of the course (Brahim scored in the Cup only). A record this course among the five great leagues of the Old Continent. The table of scorers meringues in 2019-20 shows an evident peak in the figure of Benzema, with 19 goals, followed by a long list of secondary goals: Ramos with eight, Rodrygo with seven, Kroos with six, Modric with five, Casemiro and Vinicius with four … The targets of the French striker are just 24% of the 78 work of the white players, three quarters of the Madrid offensive production falls on Karim's teammates.
That ability to distribute the goal, that socialization of danger, virtue is assumed, but it has a double edge in collisions that require work suits., in which the appearance of the 'nine' usually fixes the task; This course has already happened more than once as in the visit to Seville (0-1) or in the Bernabéu derby (1-0), with Benzema winning only the points. Zidane prefers to see the glass half full, not fear that on gray days the cavalry may be absent: “We have players upstairs who can always make a difference. Look at the pass from Eden (Hazard) to Sergio, who scores Sergio the goal, he could to have marked him (Hazard) perfectly. He has altruism, Sergio put it in but Eden could have perfectly done it, that is 'class', altruism. And I'm glad to see this play“. He sends in Zizou what made him special as a player, that tendency to be a facilitator rather than a finisher (as much as the player from Marseille also had great goalscoring numbers).
Waiting for Hazard
The Madrid attackers have scored 41 goals so far this campaign; the media, 21; and the defenders, 16; the contribution of the middle and defensive lines exceeds 47% and even Courtois could put his granite, with that header in Mestalla that ended up rejected and in Benzema's goal to rescue a point on the horn.
They are figures, in any case, subject to a certain explanation, especially regarding Hazard. The Belgian, signed last summer in exchange for 100 million euros, has barely scored a goal this season, which he achieved at the Bernabéu against Granada in the first round. His slow initial adaptation and the injuries he has suffered have slowed the progression of a player who in Madrid expected him to contribute between 15 and 20 goals. His return to the fields after having an operation on his right ankle was hopeful, with assistance included, and he has ten days left to make up his numbers and help Madrid in its escalation towards the leadership, still from Barcelona.