Cádiz resists and neutralizes Madrid’s escape

The Real Madrid saw his streak of 10 consecutive victories halted against the most unsuspected rival, a Cádiz who defended himself tooth and nail in the Santiago Bernabeu to scratch a tie and incidentally open the fight for LaLiga. The team of Ancelotti collided with the impassable wall posed by Cervera and his lead advantage is reduced with the Sevilla to six points, which could be three if the Lopetegui grave to Barcelona on Tuesday.

What they couldn’t do before Atlético, Sevilla, Real or Inter he did it Cádiz, which despaired of a Madrid that greatly missed Modric and what did you see how Hazard he rebelled against his own decadence by leading the team in the sterile siege of the second half.

The roles of both teams were established from the opening whistle. The Cádiz he is more comfortable giving up the initiative than proposing and gave the leather to Madrid, psyched up for an exercise of patience in search of the cracks in the yellow rear.

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The white dominance was not translated in clear occasions because at the Madrid it lacked some fang and depth, very predictable and slow in circulation. This facilitated the success of the intense visitor retreat, which on several occasions had a line of 6 defenses. With no capacity to do harm inside, the Madrid tested it from afar with Kroos y Valverde. That’s where the best white chance arrived in the equator of the first half, a right hand from the Pajarito that forced Ledesma to show off with a paradón.

The passing of the minutes reinforced the plan of a Cádiz increasingly settled in the rear. The physical wear and tear of the covers, the aids and the defensive vigilance caused the visiting team not to appear in the vicinity of the Courtois area in the entire first half. Cervera’s priority was to close all the gaps and prevent Vinicius from receiving with space and an advantage and his players complied as if it were a military order.

housemiro He deserved the red in a very hard tackle from behind to Alejo without the possibility of playing the ball but Jaime Latre He showed him only the yellow one. The Brazilian misses the match against Athletic on Wednesday due to accumulation of yellow cards.

The first half ended with a Madrid very stuck, frustrated by the good work of a Cádiz who did not come for a walk to the Bernabéu. That it was not going to be a seasoning day for Madrid was endorsed at the restart.

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Madrid printed more rhythm and Vinicius, turned off in the first half, woke up to begin to unbalance. Kroos He took command, settled in the front, and attack-goal presided over the entire second half. Hazard had 1-0 but Ledesma He took out his header. The Belgian began to appear between the lines, Vinicius It was already in orbit and Benzema asked for the time. The Brazilian enjoyed two good chances aborted by the defense and from there Cádiz began to have a hard time.

Fortunately for the visitors, Akapo it grew to cover all the gaps and Ledesma it was perfect every time he had to intervene. The minutes passed by for the despair of the Madrid, who claimed a penalty for a contact from Cala a Benzema, but the complaints did not de-center the whites, launched in search of the goal that would knock down the heroic resistance of Cádiz. Benzema, Hazard and Vini tried it without luck.

Finally the long-awaited goal did not come, the Madrid He did not win a prize for his insistence and his winning streak is halted. Cádiz did find a reward for his ability to survive to add a point that does not help him to get out of the descent but that can mark a turning point in his season.

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