Real Madrid lose the ball

Madrid do not know what to do with the ball when it monopolizes it, but your rivals yes they have the formula to hurt to the whites as for those of Zidane lose possession. Against Alavés they registered the third highest possession data of their season, 67.67%. The peak, 74.38%, was reached against Cádiz. I weighed to the Real Madrid domain, the two rivals took all three points from Di Stéfano. And it is that the overwhelming possession statistic was joined to another alarming one. Madrid lost the ball 128 times in the defeat against the babazorro team, his sixth worst mark in that section so far this season. But it is the second worst if we only take into account the home games. The record, there too, he did against Cádiz: 140 losses.

If the whites were comfortable at the same time that I was hitting the ball, Alavés seemed to burn the ball at his feet. But for good and with criteria. Up to six shots between the three clubs (11 tried in total) were made by Machín. No other team has shot as much so far this season at Courtois' goal, who despite his mistake in the second goal made a couple of interventions that prevented the defeat from being more bulky.

The only two teams of LaLiga Santander that they do not reach 40% possession, Cádiz (32.85%) and Alavés (38.75%), have taken the three points of Di Stéfano. The third party with the least ball, Valladolid (40.79%) fell defeated with dignity, by the minimum (1-0) and with Madrid thanks to Courtois saves. Precisely, the goalkeeper's error in Alavés' second goal adds to a negative statistic in which Madrid stands out. It is, along with Villarreal, the team in the League that has conceded the most goals (5) as a direct consequence of its own player. Although the Whites are the fourth team in the championship that loses the fewest balls per game (124.5), when they do so they bleed out.

Against Alavés he highlighted Toni Kroos's bad night. The German, who came from facing Inter his second best record of successful passes (128) as a Real Madrid player, lost 16 balls in 69 minutes against the Vitorians. Almost one every 4 minutes and 19 seconds. In the 7 league games he had played before this season, he had only lost 48, one every 8 minutes and 55 seconds. Kroos lived in this section his fifth worst game of the 290 that he has played with Real Madrid. The team accused the inaccuracies of the German, who stands out for something, it is because he is one of the most reliable players in the League.. Since he arrived in Spain, he is the second player with the best passing success in the championship in general terms (93.03%), the third (91.26%) if we consider only the passes in the opposite field and the tenth midfielder with the fewest balls he loses in relation to his intervention in the game (one loss every 8.95 touches).