Real Madrid took out their best version when they painted bastos. In inferiority from very early because of the unnecessary expulsion of Asencio, the white team did not stop looking for an essential victory to progress to the eighths. He succeeded with rapid, vertical, precise and few touches attacks. Also with the peace of mind of having Courtois under sticks, dominant; with Valverde imposing himself on all facets; and with Huijsen as defensive boss and origin of the game from behind. A guarantee trident. Although the adversary was weak, there is no lack of merit in the white response. To greater adversity, better Madrid.
All the poise and security that Raúl Asencio showed in his first steps as a Madrid player has vanished in this Club World Cup. The second white commitment, in theory the simplest, became a nightmare for the Canarian central, who lost the line with Huijsen, granted the advantage to the Eternal Solomon Rondón and spoiled it even more when trying to fix it, grabbing the Venezuelan. Red To the shower in minute 7, that is, 83 minutes in inferiority for Real Madrid. Ugly Panorama.
So little can be guess from Xabi Alonso's initial commitment, without Rodrygo and with Arda Güler in the core. If you can, however, assess the reaction of the white team and its coach. Brave. He delayed Tchouaméni and reduced the presence in the center of the field so as not to remove attackers. Vinicius and Gonzalo above. He was able to go wrong, because against Huijsen he was about to abort, Courtois had to do a miracle in two shots, one from Kenedy and another of Bautista. The Belgian held the whites who, after the break by the suffocating heat, responded successfully to Xabi Alonso's retouching.
He put the coach to Valverde in the middle and overturned Gonzalo on the left, releasing Vinicius from the band's bonds. The Uruguayan activated the counter with a vertical pass, the ram unloaded first to Fran García and the internship of the side flowed into the inner hall where Jude Bellingham broke into that elegant and uncontrollable stride to place the 0-1 with the left-handed. Fast, vertical game, support and uncheck, to one or two touches, topped with precision. As in the second, with Vini opening to Trent, center of first to the middle, also discharges from Gonzalo and Arda's first exquisite touch, from behind, cross to the right to the network. With ten, 0-2.
He felt Pachuca the revolcon. He had not played badly, with Palavecino on the axis, Rondón wasting trade and Kenedy (Robert) looking for Trent's back on the left. But something had to do his coach to find the comeback in superiority after the break. He put Cabral to close with three centrals already Kennedy (John) to bend attackers. The Tuzos grew, which arrived especially on the left side, again with Courtois as the last border. He denied all the Belgian, sticking the Mexican reaction attempt.
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The defensive effort took its toll on white flyers. He forced Xabi Alonso's response, who put Modric and Ceballos in the green to recover the ball. Holy hand. Madrid extended possessions and sought the depth of Vinicius, a permanent threat although it lacks fineness. It took a while to find the decisive action, but fell into the demonstration that Huijsen is a hierarchy footballer. He left to the media line with his head high and put the exact in -depth pass to Vini, which awaited the arrival of more attackers. He downloaded Valverde and the Uruguayan partnered with Brahim to rive the match. He discounted, with fortune, Pachuca, in a distant shot of Montiel that diverted Tchouaméni, but did not suffer too much Madrid, with Rüdiger in the field to close with three and Huijsen multiplying in containment. Merit victory, shaved at the end with an incident between Antonio Rüdiger and Cabral, with a possible racist incident. The Club World Cup has just started for whites.
