Zinedine Zidane He affirmed in the previous one that the storm was not going to condition his approach or the preparation of his eleven and opted for his most usual alignment with Hazard accompanying Benzema and Asensio. His team, yes, was frozen in The Sadar, powerless and without ideas to decipher the defensive gear of an Osasuna that took a little order and sacrifice to scratch a point. The whites cannot excuse themselves in the state of the grass, which despite the incessant snow and low temperatures was never impractical thanks to the great work that the Osasuna operators did during the previous hours.
The advantage for Madrid is that for a while now they have become a recognizable team but have lost freshness along the way and their football has become much more predictable. It is difficult for the white team to generate chances against locked rivals who veto the spaces and not even the return of Hazard provided a remedy for these recurring evils.
The Belgian arrived to open this type of bolt but in the meantime he has never been able to perform at an acceptable level. In Pamplona it never overflowed and its connection with Benzema it was never a problem for Osasuna. There was also no news of Asensio, stranded on a right wing in which Luke returned to occupy the position of right-back.
The duel in The Sadar It was a carbon copy of what happened in the games against him Cadiz (0-1) or more recently against Elche (1-1), when Madrid showed an alarming inability to generate scoring chances. As it happened in the Martinez Valero, Sergio Ramos He finished as a center forward in search of a saving shot that never came thanks to his good work, very comfortable defending the lateral and vertical shipments.
Zinedine Zidane tried to change the script of the encounter with the input of Isco, which seems to be gaining minutes by drop at the cost of a Odegaard ostracized. The closed scenario that he raised Osasuna It seemed conducive to the Norwegian's clairvoyance, but not even for those reasons did the coach resort to him.
No ideas, no chances and no goal. He Madrid He was frozen against Osasuna and added two draws in the last three days.