These are difficult times for certainties, but there is one that, whatever happens, does not expire: soccer is a game, not a science, and therefore it is unpredictable. After tripping, slipping, and all kinds of stunts throughout the calendar, the Real Madrid is the leader of The league in the absence of eight days and whatever the Atlético de Madrid this sunday before him Betis.
Something truly unthinkable weeks ago in all heads of the football planet. In all but one, that of Zidane, that now, looking at everyone from the rear-view mirror, can calmly intonize without going out of tune that of “I told you so.
The Gaul, with undeniable flower in the Classics (He has won six of the eleven he has played) was the only one who believed in the road when it got more uphill. He put his face out for his footballers, who were suffocated at the time, and they have responded. Now they are candidates and some will even point out without blushing that they are favorites.
Vibrant to the end
The truth is that the game was not a Classic very classic. To begin with: the stage, which went from colosseum to open space. And to continue, the guests: the rain and the wind, the worst enemies of the ball.
Of course, there was no lack of emotion, which lasted until the end of 90 minutes. It was then that the protagonists, soaked, some smiled and others snorted. The League is left and, therefore, it is forbidden to sign any predictions from here to the end.