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The triumph allows Real Madrid to put pressure on Atlético de Madrid and run as a candidate for the title despite having two more rojiblancos disputed than the rojiblancos, who are now only five points away.
To achieve victory, the meringues needed a header from Karim Benzema to break the zerocerismo that was on the scoreboard. The Frenchman has accumulated 20 header goals for Real Madrid among all competitions since the 2018/19 season, seven more than Cristiano Ronaldo accumulated during this period of time with Juventus.
Real Madrid have only received one shot against Getafe, their lowest record of shots conceded against in a single LaLiga game since at least the 2003/04 campaign.
Getafe leaves Valdebebas with more doubts than certainties. Despite putting all the offensive arsenal that Bordalás has, the azulones have not managed to shoot between the three sticks and their only finishing action was an acrobatic Chilean by Ángel Rodríguez who came out very deviated.
The merengue team lick their wounds in just one week with the triumphs against Huesca (1-2) and Getafe (2-0) to forget the defeat against Levante and link two league victories for the first time in 2021.
Real Madrid takes the three points from Valdebebas !!! The goals of Karim Benzema and Ferland Mendy defeat a gray Getafe (2-0) that did not deserve to score in their visit to Alfredo di Stéfano. The azulones did not generate any situation that brought them closer to the goal or gave the feeling of being able to score after the two so many meringues. The entrances of Aleñá and Take Kubo torpedoed the defensive system that José Bordalás had set up.
END OF THE GAME AT THE ALFREDO DI STÉFANO STADIUM !!!
Karim Benzema tries from a set piece. His free kick goes very high.
Chakla plays the expulsion. The Moroccan runs over a Vinícius who was trying to throw a self-pass in the race.
Two minute discount. We will go until 92 '!
Long possessions at Real Madrid. Getafe does not offer a battle.
Interesting performance that Marcelo has offered, setting an important role in the offensive game. The Brazilian has moved mainly through the central zone, although he has fallen on the left wing to associate with Vinícius. He touched the ball 94 times, generated five scoring chances and assisted Ferland Mendy in the 2-0.
Third change in the white ranks. Marcelo leaves for Víctor Chust to enter.
Victor Chust will be Zidane's next change. Ready to make his debut in the First Division.
The board does not come out for Getafe. David Timor touches the ball into the area but Jaime Mata fails to finish off the delivery.
Luxury of Casemiro throwing a pipe at Take Kubo. The Brazilian welcomes the Japanese.
Final straight of the match at Alfredo di Stéfano! Ten minutes remain for the outcome of the duel. Comfortable advantage for the white team (2-0).
Despite the changes and the adverse score, Real Madrid continues to knead the ball. He handles 68% possession.
The rhythm of the game has dropped after the two goals of the meringues.
With Bordalás' tactical modifications, Take Kubo is now placed on the left and David Timor occupies the central position.
New change in the ranks of Real Madrid. Zidane gives entry to Isco Alarcón. Marco Asensio leaves.
FACT. The last four Real Madrid goals in LaLiga have a French signature: Raphael Varane's double against Huesca while Benzema and Ferland Mendy, two footballers with past Olympique Lyonnais, have managed to score against Getafe tonight.
Isco, ready to enter the field. The Malacitano will have minutes again after overcoming the injury.
Thus, Bordalás exhausts the changes when introducing David Timor. Erick Cabaco is leaving.
Double change in Getafe. Cucurella leaves the field for Enes Ünal to enter.
Fueeeeeeeraaaaaaa !! Benzema is shaping his position from the outside in to finish with a deflected shot.
Ferland Mendy is booked for dangerous play on Take Kubo.
FACT. Ferland Mendy has scored his second goal for Real Madrid in LaLiga, his first this season.
As in Sánchez Pizjuán, Getafe is knocked out. In Seville he managed to stay upright until the expulsion of Djené.
And award, definitely, for the decisions of Zinedine Zidane. At first, the Frenchman chose to change sides to Vinícius and that led to the 1-0. The 2-0 was born from the intention of subtracting defensive responsibilities and empowering Marcelo.
Real Madrid hit hard after the changes introduced by José Bordalás. Advantage of two goals to face the final half hour with some calm.
Marcelo signs up the assistance.
FERLAND MENDY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL !!!! REAL MADRID 2-0 Getafe. Mendy increases the distance !! It all begins with a start from Ferland Mendy who leaves rivals along the way and opens to the left for Marcelo. The Brazilian's center to the area is played by Mendy, who throws himself to finish off the service to beat David Soria.
Carles Aleñá foul on Raphael Varane. The Frenchman is injured in the ankle area. It does not require medical attention.
FACT. No LaLiga player has scored more head goals than Karim Benzema this season across all competitions (5, same as Youssef En-Nesyri)
Getafe now has to move the piece on the board, until now comfortable with the sterile dominance of its rival.
One hour of the game has needed Real Madrid to break the equality of the scoreboard. Benzema adds his 11th target of the domestic championship.
Vinícius Junior signs up the assistance.
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL OF KARIM BENZEMA !!!! REAL MADRID 1-0 Getafe. Benzema opens the can !! After a long play, the Frenchman barely rises a few centimeters above the ground after winning the body with Cabaco and connects a header to the center of Vinícius Junior.
FACT. Karim Benzema is one of four LaLiga players to have scored 15 or more goals this season across all competitions, behind Lionel Messi and Youssef En-Nesyri (17) and Luis Suárez (16).
Regarding the blue box, Aleñá hooks up with Jaime Mata and Take Kubo occupies the right wing.
With the arrival of Arribas, Vinícius Junior is positioned as the right lane and yields the left for Arribas.
In the first instance, Zidane was preparing the departure of Vinícius Junior. Several players on the field warn the Frenchman that Marvin Park was not physically in the best condition, so he modifies his final decision.
First change of Real Madrid. Marvin Park leaves the playing field. Enter Sergio Arribas.
And finally, Portillo gives his place to Carles Aleñá.
Opportunity for Take Kubo to shine against the team that owns his rights. Enter the place of Ángel Rodríguez.
Bordalás moves tab. He takes 'Cucho' Hernández off the field to put Jaime Mata in.
Bordalás prepares triple change to improve the image of Getafe. In the white rows, Zidane calls Arribas, the only meringue he was heating up in the band.
Alberola Rojas admonishes Sofian Chakla for a prolonged grab on Marco Asensio.
STOP DAVID SORIA !!!! Asensio gives a ball that leaves Karim Benzema alone. The Frenchman ends the play with a cross shot in which the azulón goal intervenes.
Chilena by Ángel Rodríguez! Getafe's first shot in Valdebebas! The Tenerife-born is betting on an acrobatic shot to take advantage of Damián Suárez's tense center.
FACT. Real Madrid have not received a single shot against during the first half of a LaLiga match for the second time since the start of 2020 (the first was against Atlético de Madrid in Valdebebas last December).
Take Kubo, Carles Aleñá and Jaime Mata intensify the warm-up exercises. During the break they rallied to start the activation.
There are no changes after the resumption of the match. Bordalás and Zidane keep the same players on the pitch.
THE SECOND PERIOD STARTS AT THE ALFREDO DI STÉFANO STADIUM !!!!
Only one Real Madrid player (Thibaut Courtois) has given fewer passes (17) than the Getafe player with the most total passes (18). This record belongs to David Soria, blue goalkeeper.
The defense of three, embedding Ferland Mendy as a left central, has allowed us to see a different version of Marcelo, gaining freedom and appearing from the inside to unbalance. The Brazilian has participated in four of the seven Real Madrid shots in this first period (two attempts and two key passes). Nobody has completed more total passes in the opposite field than him (24, with 87.5% accuracy).
With Marvin Park somewhat shy, Real Madrid is moving its game to the left side. 54% of his attacks in the last third of the field have come from that band, as opposed to 29% achieved from the right.
In that sense, all the actions with the ball of the azulones have been developed in the middle of the field and looking for the vertical unchecks of Cucurella on the left sector. He has only touched one ball in the Courtois area.
Getafe goes to rest without making a single shot during the first 45 minutes. It is the first time that has happened to him throughout this season. He has handled only 30% of the ball and his precision has been very low (60%),
All the danger of Real Madrid goes through the set pieces. Through the blackboard, the whites gain privacy for the Bordalás troop. Through this resource came the clearest opportunity for the locals, with a Karim Benzema who crashed a ball against the crossbar at the exit of a corner.
Rest in Valdebebas !!! Real Madrid and Getafe take the road to the changing rooms with a 0-0 draw on the scoreboard. The white team dominates, which lacks forcefulness in the final meters. Knead the ball, develop the game by bringing the leather to the sides, especially to the left, but run out of ideas once you reach the last third. Getafe is not uncomfortable with that role of his rival, knowing how to neutralize him.
END OF THE FIRST PART AT THE ALFREDO DI STÉFANO STADIUM !!!!
Alberola Rojas verbally warns Patricio Moreno, Bordalás' second, for protests about a foul by Cucurella to Marvin Park.
Everything that Getafe is achieving in the defensive phase prevents it from generating it in the final meters. Those of Bordalás hardly have presence in rival field.
Cabaco sticks his leg in to avoid Karim Benzema's shot. The blue ensemble is a wall.
Marcelo's generous effort after losing the ball in attack. The Brazilian retreats with speed and ends up depriving Maksimovic of taking a shot from the front.
Five minutes remain for the conclusion of the first act. Getafe does not suffer despite local dominance.
FACT. Nobody has intervened as many times with the ball in this game as Ferland Mendy (47 actions with the ball).
Luka Modric about to score !!! Pointing by the Croatian in front of the area that David Soria clears for a corner.
Zinedine Zidane demands from his technical area that the team print a more speedy march to the game.
Karim Benzema's constant falls to the wings, especially on the left, leave Real Madrid without a single reference inside. Zidane's men are basing their entire offensive game on attacking from the sides.
Final stretch of the first period at the Alfredo di Stéfano. The meringues are unable to translate their high possession into situations that bring them closer to the dominions of David Soria.
FACT. Marco Asensio has only managed two goals and one assist in his 16 starts for Real Madrid this season across all competitions.
Raphael Varane's shot !! Modric enables Marcelo to reach the baseline and serve a pass backwards that the French defender caches. He does not contact the ball well, going through the bottom.
Ángel Rodríguez clearance! The Tenerife native claims a foul from Nacho Fernández in the aerial duel but Alberola Rojas points to the corner.
Dangerous foul in favor of the home team. Damián Suárez knocks down Vinícius after a dribble out. The meringues have a lateral foul to get revenue from the set piece.
Half an hour of the game at the Alfredo di Stéfano Stadium. Real Madrid, despite dominating from the possession of the ball, failed to break the zerocerismo (0-0).
FACT. Two of the four shots made so far in the game bear the signature of Marcelo Vieira, all four from Real Madrid.
Center-kick of Marvin Park! The canterano dares with a tense delivery that David Soria blocks with security.
Varane crosses to steal the ball from Ángel Rodríguez after a bad control. The man from Tenerife is very alone in his fight for the three white centrals.
After halfway through the first half, neither Getafe nor Real Madrid have so far managed to make a single shot between the three suits.
Marcelo rehearses the shot from medium distance. It goes high.
The azulones are not managing to find Ángel Rodríguez with long shots. The precision in Getafe passes is 59%.
FACT. David Soria has conceded 14 goals in 12 games for Getafe in LaLiga this season, one more than Rubén Yáñez (13) in 9 games. However, the former Sevilla player has left his door to zero on more occasions (+2).
The meringues exceed 70% of ball possession. The domain is absolute but the possession of the ball is developed far from the last third of the field.
Getafe opts not to go and bite Real Madrid, deciding to wait for him in his own field. The work of the two tips is more of a tilt without making intense pressure.
Sofian Chakla Clearance !! Vinícius Junior throws the wall with Marcelo and reaches the bottom line to shoot a cross into the area that the Moroccan central defender moves away from David Soria's goal.
Those of Zidane push the azulón team to their half of the field. Getafe have trouble combining passes once they get past the midfield.
FACT. Karim Benzema is the player with the most shots to hit the post in the five major leagues in Europe this season (7).
Mendy sticks his head in to abort a vertical attack by Getafe. The 'Cucho' tries by filtering a ball into the gap to uncheck Ángel Rodríguez but the Frenchman emerges in central positions to avoid it.
The best actions of Real Madrid so far have passed through the board. A lateral foul and a corner kick have been the origin that has ended in the only two scoring occasions that the local team has enjoyed.
First quarter of an hour in Valdebebas. The wood prevents Real Madrid from going ahead on the scoreboard (0-0).
TO THE LARGUEROOOOOOOOOOOO !!!! THE GETAFE IS SAVED !!! Karim Benzema manages to connect a header at the exit of a corner thrown by Marco Asensio. His shot is thrown against the crossbar.
Real Madrid begins to accumulate possession of the ball. His percentage right now is 69%.
The white team loads all its offensive game on the side of Vinícius Junior. The Brazilian delays many meters to have a space that allows him to start and enhance his physical virtues.
FACT. Marvin Park plays his third official game with the Real Madrid first team and the first in the starting eleven.
Without Toni Kroos on the field, Luka Modric assumes the role of generator of the game, directing the orchestra and freeing Casemiro from that facet.
There is no clear dominator as of yet. Real Madrid seeks to have the leading role but its inaccuracies once it exceeds the half of the field gives Getafe the opportunity to recover and propose with a direct game.
'Cucho' Hernández does not reach the long ball of Cucurella. The extreme does not need shipping well and Courtois manages to anticipate.
Marcelo is a free verse. The tactical scheme, with Vinícius glued to the lime line, allows the Brazilian to appear in the center lane at the exit of the ball.
FACT. Bordalás, today in the stands after serving a sanction for his expulsion on the last day, has only scored in one of his six clashes with Real Madrid in LaLiga (5D) and it was at the Alfonso Pérez Coliseum (0-0 in April 2019 with Zinedine Zidane on the white bench).
Goeeeeeeeeeraaaaaaa !!! Casemiro does not hit the three suits !! Maksimovic leaves a ball dead after a lateral foul and the Brazilian, with everything in favor, sends it up despite being a few meters from David Soria.
With a midfielder less than usual, caused by the suspension of Toni Kroos and the multiple casualties in that position, it forces Real Madrid to identify as soon as possible with this new game proposal. In the opening bars, the locals show a lot of dynamism exchanging positions, with Benzema falling to the band and Marcelo appearing inside on several occasions.
Getafe does not change its drawing, joining two lines of four that leave 'Cucho' Hernández and Ángel Rodríguez the responsibility of pressing the rival ball out.
There are three central defenders at Real Madrid, with Ferland Mendy positioning himself as a left defender. Marcelo and Marvin divide the lanes.
THE GAME STARTS AT THE ALFREDO DI STÉFANO STADIUM !!!! 'Cucho' Hernández starts the ball rolling in Valdebebas !!!
We already have both teams on the pitch! This is about to go! Are you going to miss it?
The referee Javier Alberola Rojas, belonging to the Referees Committee of Castilla-La Mancha, will be in charge of delivering justice. The Ciudad Real has accumulated 70 matches in the Spanish football elite since his debut in the 2017/18 campaign. He will be assisted in the VAR by José Luis Munuera Montero (Andalusian Referees Committee).
Bordalás has been defeated in two consecutive outings in LaLiga, conceding at least three goals in each, for the first time with the Alicante on the bench. The previous occasion was in March 2016, with Fran Escribá in the technical direction.
Without a 'fear clause' in between, Take Kubo wants to show the team that he has his rights the courage to defend the white jersey in the short term. The Japanese has not scored or assisted in any of his 18 LaLiga games this season – 13 with Villarreal and 5 with Getafe – but he has already played more games as a starter with the azulones (4) than with the yellows (2).
Thibaut Courtois has conceded 19 goals in 21 games for Real Madrid in LaLiga this season, just one less than in the entire last league season (20 in 34).
With gunpowder wet against Levante and Huesca, Karim Benzema seeks to recover his scoring nose. The Frenchman has directly participated in 14 goals in his 18 clashes with Getafe in LaLiga (8 goals and 6 assists), but has neither scored nor assisted in any of his last four league games against the azulón team.
Since their last return to the top flight, Getafe has suffered 22 player dismissals in LaLiga, more than any other team since.
The merengue team has only won three of their last eight games in all competitions (2E 3D), having added six victories in a row previously. They can win two games in a row for the first time in this year 2021.
Getafe have lost 73.3% of their matches against Real Madrid in LaLiga (22/30), their highest loss percentage against any rival in the top flight.
Real Madrid is not a rival that Getafe is especially good at. He has only scored points in two of his 15 league away games against the Whites: 1-1 in March 2007 and 0-1 in February 2008.
The meringues do not know defeat in any of the last 13 league derbies against Getafe, reaping 12 victories throughout this period and leaving a clean sheet in the last four. It represents his best streak without conceding against the azulones in the domestic competition.
ALEÑÁ AND KUBO ARE SUBSTITUTES !!!! The two winter signings of Getafe, whom Bordalás had insistently demanded to raise the technical quality of the team, remain on the bench. Mauro Arambarri returns after serving a penalty game and David Soria replaces Rubén Yáñez under the sticks.
MARVIN PARK WINS THE MATCH TO ISCO !!! Zidane prioritizes the ownership of the squad ahead of the Malacitano footballer for the Madrid derby. In addition to this tactical decision, the other novelty of the French coach is the commitment to Ferland Mendy as a right back.
For his part, José Bordalás comes out with the following eleven players (4-4-2): David Soria – Damián Suárez, Sofian Chakla, Erick Cabaco, Mathías Olivera – Francisco Portillo, Nemanja Maksimovic, Mauro Arambarri, Marc Cucurella – Ángel Rodríguez and Juan 'Cucho' Hernández.
We already have the initial eleven confirmed !! Zinedine Zidane places the following line-up (4-2-3-1) in contention: Thibaut Courtois – Ferland Mendy, Raphael Varane, Nacho Fernández, Marcelo – Luka Modric, Casemiro – Marvin Park, Marco Asensio, Vinícius Junior – Karim Benzema.
With more than a third of defeats, the present reality of Getafe is that it looks closer to the relegation positions (+4 with respect to Real Valladolid, third to last place) than to the European zone (-11 with respect to Real Sociedad, sixth place). And it is that those from the south of Madrid are not quite regular despite the new faces that have arrived at the Coliseum. He has only won two games in the last eight games and has lost his defensive strength (12 goals conceded during this period).
Marked by the expulsion of Djené Dakonam and Bordalás in the incident with Ocampos and Lopetegui respectively during the match held at the Sánchez Pizjuán, Getafe seeks to lick their wounds despite having their focus too high. The excessive entrance of the Togolese center-back has fed back the debate on the limits of the intensity of the azulón team, which is having a hard time recovering the identity that once led him to amaze in the UEFA Europa League.
These difficulties are leading to a crisis of results for whites, reaping only two victories in the last six official matches. In between, an elimination in the Copa del Rey that has softened his tight schedule and a disappointment in the Spanish Super Cup against which he was proclaimed champion of the edition.
With the squad medically speaking, Real Madrid receives a visit from Getafe to Valdebebas with the alarms on. To the already habitual injuries have been added the annoyances of Álvaro Odriozola and Eder Militao, which are completed with the sanction of Toni Kroos for accumulating cautions. Consequently, Zidane is obliged to pull 'La Fábrica' and in need of these 'blackbirds' to have an immediate impact on the elite of Spanish football.
Good night Everybody! Welcome to the broadcast of this match between Real Madrid Club de Fútbol and Getafe Club de Fútbol, corresponding to the postponed match of the first day of LaLiga. We begin with the preview of the meeting (9:00 p.m.)!
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