Marco Asensio vindicated himself in the match against him Atalanta. He managed to see the door again and he did so at a very delicate moment for him. Madrid, shortly after Muriel he scored a great free-kick and tightened the tie. As soon as he got out of the center and two minutes after entering, the Spaniard appeared to lower the rival's fumes and definitively sentence the classification to the quarters (3-1). The sequence is frantic.
At 81:39, with 2-0 on the scoreboard, he replaced Fede Valverde. Asensio, who didn't even play against him Elche On the last day of the League, he had 10 minutes to shine in a duel with many spaces. At 34 seconds, at 82:13, Muriel nailed an impossible free kick to Courtois. The score was 2-1 and the tie, 3-1. Atalanta needed two goals to pass. Due to some changes, the kickoff is delayed until 83:35. After a good and quick move from Madrid, the ball is left to Luke on the right. The Galician saw only Marco in the opposite stick who in two touches, control and shot, beats to Sportiello under. It was 83:56.
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Nothing else to mark, he touched his hip in a dedication to his father Gilberto, who has had many physical problems in that area in recent years. Asensio promised him a celebration in his honor and he delivered. Zidane praised his footballer after the game. “I'm happy for Marco. He keeps training and has had the opportunity to come in and score the goal”he commented.
Asensio thus breaks a bad streak in front of the door. I did not score since last January 30, when he scored Madrid's only goal in the defeat against him I raised (2-1). It is his third goal this season and the first in Champions League. He also scored against Celtic in League on January 2 (2-0). All three were in the Gave Stefano. As a curiosity, two of the three goal assists he has received have been given by Lucas Vázquez (Celta and Atalanta).
Something that represents a respite in a season of many ups and downs for Asensio. He has had the blind trust of Zidane as shown by the 1,907 minutes you have disputed. The problem is that he has mixed weeks of very good performance with others in which he has practically not appeared.
With Hazard injured again in the most important stage of the season, Asensio must take a step forward. He is the soccer player with the highest quality of the white offense together with Benzema, so his contribution should be key if Madrid wants to qualify for the two titles in which it is still alive: League and Champions. Your time to shine has come.
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* Data updated as of March 17, 2021