Courteous: difficult to have a more placid match. Beyond some set pieces that he had to pick up, he hardly intervened. Cádiz played to survive and find one or two dangerous plays that, although they arrived, did not even cause their stops. The best: fifth consecutive game without conceding.
Lucas: in such close matches, the Galician gets stuck. The plan proposed by the rival forced him to intervene a lot in the game. The problem is that the more, the less. Centers without criteria and wrong decision making that did not contribute anything to your team.
Militao– Your confidence level is through the roof. Almost at the height of his physical level. He showed an insulting superiority to Lozano in the first half and to Negredo in the second. Today, in world football, there are not many center-backs who can play at their level.
Alaba: another that is difficult to see fail. He’s not as fast-paced as his teammate, but his importance goes beyond his good defensive deeds. It is a spectacle to see him command, place and help his teammates. In the end, he was encouraged to go on the attack in search of the goal.
Mendy: usually seems to be playing uncontrolled. Today it didn’t seem like it, it was like that. Cádiz closed his band well and, puzzled, he moved without much discretion trying to get in contact with the ball.
housemiro– Your disconnects are hard to understand. The red was played in an inning from behind in the first half. In a play that did not ask for anything other than a grab. It can be given with a song in the teeth to see only yellow, although it makes him miss the next game against Athletic.
Kroos: the German put all his efforts to give speed to the game. He also tried his luck with a distant shot. But he was too lonely in the engine room. In fact, it is that 90% of the game went through his boots. He brushed off the assist with a good pass to Hazard in the second half.
Valverde: The Uruguayan was the most incisive midfielder. He was about to score with a shot from outside the area in the first half and left Vinicius alone with a great pass into space in the second. But he lacks continuity in the game and it shows, especially in decision-making. Also, the less space he has to run, the worse it is for him.
Hazard: the Belgian went from more to less. The best of all was that, when the game began to get complicated for Madrid, with 0-0 and Cádiz locked up, he was the one who generated the most danger for the whites. Especially with a header after a good uncheck. His first half was poor, at the level of the rest of the team, but he showed in the second that he is still recoverable and that he can contribute things to this team in attack.
Vinicius: The Brazilian is already that player to whom the teams make a personalized marking. He was unable to touch the ball in the first half because Cervera wanted him to. In the second, Madrid forced to feed him with balls and it worked. He was slow in the definition and without room for dribbling, but he returned to star in many of his team’s dangerous plays.
Benzema: as usual in recent months, their presence in the game is less. This shows in the creativity of Madrid, more limited. But when he is able to appear regularly, it is a blessing. The game turned into something else when the Frenchman took center stage. Regarding the goal, he met Ledesma and the rival defensive work.
Jovic: the Serbian squeezes every minute he has. He knows that this is the way to gain a foothold. It was not as successful as in the last games, but it contributed something different and complicated the rival defense.
Nacho: practically, did not participate. I go in so that Alaba could occupy the left side.