He Real Madrid abandonment The Rose Garden eliminated from the Super Cup after verifying that he is going through a worrisome game and results slump. They have only won one of the last four games and the strength shown just a month ago has gradually faded until leaving the white team mired in a sea of doubts.
The only positive news that the box Zinedine Zidane can rescue from the debacle before the Athletic It was the performance of Marco Asensio, increasingly settled in the eleven with his fifth consecutive title. The Mallorcan assumed the responsibility of leading the white attack on a day where Hazard returned to leave duty and Karim Benzema He showed that he has been less inspired for a few weeks than at the beginning of the season.
The white '11' is still looking for his best version after breaking the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in July 2019. Although he has already returned to the pitch after confinement, Asensio has warned that he needs more time to show his best version, the one that on Thursday before him Athletic already began to appear to the relief of Zidane.
Lying on the right wing, he was the white attacker who best knew how to interpret the defensive wall posed by Marcelino and moved intelligently between the lines. He occupied finishing areas, charging the area and threatened with his left foot from afar (something that is frequently claimed) and only the sticks prevented him from scoring at least one goal. He was the player who shot more times (5) and was generous in the defensive effort. Alone Casemiro (7) recovered more balls than Asensio (5), according to data collected by Opta.
With Hazard still on the couch and Benzema Stuck, it seems the ideal moment for Marco Asensio to step forward at Real Madrid. Against him Athletic did not stop trying and it is already beginning to glimpse, finally, the Asensio that marveled in 2017 and that they miss so much in the Madrid.