Real Madrid could not or did not know how to take advantage of the draw between Barcelona and Atlético and continues at the expense of a new setback for the rojiblancos to be league champions. The controversial tables at Di Stéfano against Sevilla are, by all accounts, a step backwards in the white attempt to revalidate the title, but at least they took the consolation of scratching a point when it seemed they were losing all three and on the way they He saw again that Benzema is not alone. On many occasions it seems and in the last month it seemed an immovable reality, but against Sevilla the other meringues forwards woke up, at last.
In a match toned by Madrid in the facet of the game, Benzema shone on the inside with a multitude of connections (44 good passes out of 51) and he was also a worker (three recoveries). But it was not his best day as far as the auction is concerned, he left only one shot on goal and his best action It was the penalty that took Bono to the counterattack, later annulled when the referee indicated the previous of Militao by hand, before the complaints of Real Madrid in full. On days like this, Benzema needs his fellow attackers to take a step forward and against Sevilla it happened.
Vinicius, denied again
Vinicius was the striker chosen to accompany Benzema in the white attack. The Brazilian is still immersed in the same problem as always: his relationship with the goal is an impossible love, except on very rare occasions. The Liverpool thing was a nice mirage, but a mirage after all. Against Sevilla he had the clearest of the whites before scoring with a Kroos center that, with everything in favor, he sent the post into the small area after missing the shot and hitting the ball with his thigh, also depriving Benzema of the opportunity to finish, just a few meters behind him.
Those goals to Liverpool by Vinicius, in fact, had been the last Real Madrid scored by forwards other than Benzema. That happened on April 6 and since then Madrid played eight games and scored eight goals in that time, the work of Benzema (four) and Odriozola, Militao, Casemiro and Kroos (one each). Against Sevilla, on May 9, after more than 30 days of solitude for Benzema in the task of scoring, the French finally got help.
Leaving from the bench, Asensio and Hazard appeared, and there Zidane did find what he was looking for. In the case of the Balearic, the minute he left he matched the match with a left-footed shot from the near post, assisted by Kroos and at the first touch. The slow repetition allowed to see how exquisite the hitting was, very tight to deceive Bono and that the goalkeeper did not get to clear. There were 24 good minutes for Asensio, in which he fought under pressure (two duels won) and stretched the team in the final stretch, in search of a draw after Rakitic's 1-2 penalty. The Balearic added seven goals, in another difficult season in which he did not know how to break his irregularity after the serious injury in the summer of 2019. But this goal reinvigorates his options for the three remaining games.
Hazard, fortune at last
Hazard was different, to whom Zidane barely gave 11 minutes with everything against And that did not come into play too much: he gave nine passes, all nine good, and lost two possessions. But the Belgian finally found one of the things that are missing in his target: luck. He had the fortune to deflect a shot from Kroos on the front, while fighting with Diego Carlos, and that the ball ended up changing direction enough to prevent Bono from cutting it off.
The 2-2 that gives hope to Real Madrid and that keeps the League the same. Hazard was a substitute after his terrible game against Chelsea and the subsequent laughter with his exes, which have made a dent in his image among the Madrid fans. With this goal, at least, he begins to restore his image, waiting for an opportunity in the starting eleven against Granada on Thursday to take another step forward. For now, against Sevilla he added his four goal in 855 minutes this season.