Zidane sharpens his trident

For better or for worse, BBC marked the recent history of Madrid on fire and since it disintegrated with the sale of Cristiano, Lopetegui, Solari and especially Zidane they walk in search of a trident to carve really. In Zizou's mind, that trio is the HBA: Hazard, Benzema and Asensio.

The misfortunes left that offensive triumvirate in a Karim soliloquy, but the Belgian and the Spaniard are reuniting physically, refining an offensive front in which Benzema woke up one day as Kevin, 'Alone at Home'. On the first day of the HBA In its 2020-21 version, Madrid crushed a rival as it used to do when Cristiano was the supreme commander. Three of the four goals came from the trident (two Karim, one Eden who is finally here) and that is significant. The Madrid post-confinement he had not managed to make a poker of so many in the previous 20 games to yesterday's win. Eight months have passed, the last time was 1-4 in Pamplona on February 9.

Could it be that they are both French-speaking, it may be that their football drank from common sources (Zidane) or a style that congenial (“It is wonderful to see them communicate on the field …”, said Zizou last year), but Benzema is more comfortable with Hazard than with the rest. Against Huesca, all you had to do was see where the Frenchman swung. More next to 7 white, to whom he gave six passes, which towards the flank of Asensio, with whom he combined only once … Benzema gave 29 passes in the vicinity of Hazard and just six on the right wing occupied by Asensio. The good thing for Zidane is that he has two of the three stingers fluttering in tune with each other, he only has to include the third in that dance. In the absence of scoring chances, Asensio has understood that you have to fight. He took note of the confusion in the Classical (the goal between Messi and Jordi Alba began in an inattention of the Balearic) now he tries to combine an impossible, the hat with the pick and the shovel.

Waiting for an 'upgrade' …

Zidane aspires to get the most out of this trident afterwards before undertaking the upgrade What does he want: Mbappé in 2021 and Haaland in 2022. A future in which Vinicius wants to be, who does not resign himself to being a spectator at the beginning of the Hazard-Benzema idyll. As soon as he left, he said “there you have it” to Karim with a pass calling for a goal and the Frenchman missed. There was no reverse recrimination. How to fit in with the energetic Vinicius is the challenge. “Hazard plays on the left and Vini's preferred position is that, we'll see how we're going to do it …” was the only thing Zidane could say yesterday. Is the HBA + V.