La Real has been transversal when it comes to extending their sweet moment to their adventure in the Europa League. Being the leader of the League has become an endorsement rather than an obstacle and the txuri urdin team chained their third victory in Rijeka. A remarkable streak that joins other figures of true brilliance: there is only the precedent of a defeat since the season began, they have won four of the seven official matches held, they have marked all rivals except Real Madrid and Valencia and only two goals have been conceded. A repertoire of powerful indices, commanded by the undoubted head of the welfare state: Imanol
Sheriff. La Real works and behaves in the purest style of its coach.
The triumph over Rijeka in the European premiere, as agonizing as it is persecuted from the first minute to the last, is the point and followed the week in which the maelstrom of an exciting season opens. Far from wavering Imanol resists firmly in his performance as a technician with a stamp marked on his template. If the Real won in Croatia, it was largely because they were faithful to the decalogue of Sheriff.
5 DOORS TO ZERO, 2 SO MANY AGAINST
Rijeka was not able to beat Real either. The Croats appeared before Remiro on three obvious occasions in the first half, in a stretch of the European debut that the Real accused of neglecting surveillance. They were sporadic mistakes. Remiro rescued his team, twice in a single play, and the local Loncar kicked out on the remaining. In the entire second half, Rijeka only prowled their field, without forcing the Navarrese goalkeeper of the Real to intervene in the entire final phase of the match.
It is the fifth time in seven games that Real have finished without conceding a goal. Rijeka stayed with the same mold as Real Madrid, Elche, Getafe and Betis. Thanks to this reliability in their rear, the Real has benefited with the sum of 10 points in the League and the first three in the Europa League. Remiro is one of the figures in these early stages of the year, since he has conceded two goals in the seven games he has played. The last one was against Valencia, in the 75th minute of the fourth league matchday, so that those of Imanol
Sheriff they chain 285 unbeaten minutes. The final quarter hour of the defeat against Valencia and the following three full duels. Valladolid did pierce the arch of Remiro at the official premiere of the course.
GOALS AT THE SUMMIT MOMENT
When the reflex action could be to despair, to lose the papers in pursuit of winning any a weakened Rijeka, the Royal insisted on being faithful to its principles. His final minutes in Croatia were overwhelming and brilliant in equal measure. Great pass from Merino at minute 82, and Oyarzabal to the post in front of the goalkeeper. Measured center of Gorosabel on the next play, and a header from Willian
José that goes off course. Boarding school Monreal as the culmination of a braided combination, paradón de Nevistic. The goal had to come in a quality association like the one they signed, already in the last breath, Zubimendi, Silva, Merino Y Baptist. And so the Real won, connecting at the first touch, at grass level and with the flag criterion. A success that also means the good physical condition of the footballers, who arrive fresh enough to the peak moments of the matches.
The goal of Baptist was not the first to mark this Real de Imanol in so-called psychological instants. Robert
Lopez tied in Valladolid in the absence of half an hour; For your he put his team ahead in Elche in the first dangerous action of the restart; he repeated against Betis at the edge of the break; Y Baptist saw the door in the 92nd minute of the debut in Europe, with no margin for the Balkans to rebuild.
THE VERTEBRAL COLUMN IS ALREADY MADE OF GRANITE
Imanol
Sheriff he insists at every public appearance that he does not “give away” minutes. And lead by example. The succession of matches takes shape at the same time that the backbone made by the coach turns to granite. He only introduced two changes to Rijeka's line-up with respect to the match against Betis: Zubimendi by Guevara and Isak by Willian
José. It is precisely the pivot and forward positions that do not have a clear owner. Although the Swede has been a starter more times than the Brazilian, the trend is not completely clear. The rest begins to be an ideal lineup. Remiro It was not relegated with the foray into the Europa League calendar and the defense of four begins to recite from memory: Gorosabel, Aritz, You
Normand Y Monreal. Merino has completed the 630 minutes of the season and Silva grows as a core element in the playmaker. For your Y Oyarzabal magnify their role in attack.
BAUTISTA JOINS A PAYROLL OF 6 GUNNERS
Jon
Baptist with his left foot he became Real's sixth striker this season. For your (3 goals), Januzaj (two), Robert
Lopez (two), Oyarzabal (2 and Merino (1) and now the Errenteria striker illustrate a plural list, revealing that Imanol it is skillfully employed exploring the depth of its attack. The coach's intervention to beat Rijeka became decisive from the moment Baptist he finished off a goal in the 92nd minute. Eight before, in the 84th minute, Sheriff replaced Oyarzabal to enter Baptist in a change that was not natural, but intentional: center forward for playmaker. The tip shared position with Willian
José, who previously replaced Isak. Baptist revealed at the end of the meeting that Imanol He advised him to start from the left side of the attack to break into the area, waiting for the centers that might arrive.
La Real has scored 11 goals in seven games. He has only stopped scoring in two, against Real Madrid
(0-0) and Valencia in Anoeta (0-1). The squad applies the unconditional recipe of the technician: go out to win. And the goals come in pairs.
40 TIMES WINNER IN 84 GAMES
Euphoric in celebrating the goal. Unleashed in every hug. Imanol
Sheriff It did not disappoint in Rijeka. The victory of the Real was taken as a moment of maximum happiness, almost unique, especially considering that the winning goal was at a time designated as the extension time. Perhaps in the rigor of the live show, he did not realize it, but Sheriff he was celebrating his 40th win as the first team coach. His 84th match under Real was, similarly, his debut as a coach in Europe. The victory average is outstanding, not in vain Imanol reaches 47.6% of triumphs since he took over the staff in his first stage. He wins almost half the games, an impressive pace. Under the last renewal you signed, Imanol
Sheriff His current contract ends at the end of the current season, in June 2021. His journey only invites us to think that he should be Real's coach for a long time.