Eden Hazard He did not perform this Thursday at the level expected of the Belgian star, but in reality he was not the only player of the Madrid who did not measure up in the match played against him Athletic in The Rose Garden, corresponding to the semifinals of the Spain Supercup.
The set led by Zinedine Zidane crashed into those of Marcelino Garcia Toral and there was nothing he could do to avoid deletion. After being 0-2 against, a goal from Benzema It gave hope to the white team, but it vanished afterwards.
One of the great problems that the Madrid it was that he did not know how to dismantle the defensive framework of the ‘lions’. Neither by passing, which did not find the gaps between the lines, nor by making use of the imbalance in one-on-one plays.
In this last aspect, a data from the Madrid in this match: that of successful dribbling attempts. It did not exceed 38%, when only 6 of the 16 that the soccer players of Zidane. A record that is the second worst of the season.
Mendy completed 3 of 5, Modric 2 of 3, and Vinicius 1 of 1. The rest who tried it, 'zero patatero'. Marco Asensio tried it without luck 3 times, Benzema 2 and Casemiro and Lucas Vazquez 1. Eden Hazard nor did he try.
It only fell below the one mentioned in the Real Madrid-Atlético last December 12, when it was 31% after completing only 4 of the 13 he tried (on that occasion Madrid won 2-0). In the rest of the meetings so far this year, it has always been above 38% this Thursday.