The Real Madrid of Xabi Alonso responded to the demand for the crossroads with the maturity of a team constantly growing. It was Gonzalo who fasted with a splendid header a perfect center of Trent, but it was a coral victory, with Valverde as leader with and without a jet against a Juventus that was crying, little by little, before the Madrid thrust. The hands of Di Gregorio avoided a much more comfortable victory of a reliable, solid already bright times.
As expected, Juventus multiplied the level of difficulty for Madrid's Madrid, which insisted with the three centrals, with Gonzalo as a battering waiting for Mbappé and Arda Güler on the game axis. With a traced system, the Italian team was more to less, but always taking advantage of the weak sector of Madrid: the right. Between Rüdiger, Trent and Arda they found the offensive route Yildiz, which is a talent, and Kolo Muani, who had a hand to hand just start. If in the World Cup he crashed in the Draw's leg, in Miami he wanted to save Curtois's body and sent it up. Very clear.
Alonso looked for remedy when registering the second arrival in that area, one of Yildiz who dodged Arda. Decided to change the media and He reinforced the right with Valverde. Nor was the Uruguayan screwed, but Madrid plugged the water road and began to navigate, guided by Federico. It cost him to create occasions, and in fact the clearest was also born on his right hand, where they connected the flyers. From Arda to Valverde and Fede to Bellingham, which he picked up in a small area. Di Gregorio saved and Rugani burst to remove danger.
In a balanced duel, a nuance makes a difference. For example, if Marciniak, who has a fame as a promoter, would have punished Huijsen's seizure in the area as Facundo Tello did with Asencio, Madrid would have had a penalty occasion to win rest with advantage. He did not do it on the scoreboard, but in the game, with Valverde testing Di Gregorio from afar as a better option. To the costumes, with a serious threat.
There were no changes after pause. Neither in the Once neither in the landscape nor in the game. Because Madrid unleashed from the first minute and was a whirlwind. With a Valverde left -hand volley. Then a center behind Vini that Trent sent up. Later with a good Bellingham auction after a good individual action. Huijsen surprised with a volley from the left that forced Di Gregorio to take a great hand. The best was missing. Trent's cast Gonzalo. He compared Xabi with Raúl, and seemed Santillana rising, hanging from the air and marking the times of the header, impossible to get the Juventino goal.
He had to intervene. For Kelly's injury, the central, and because Madrid threatened to rive the game. It seemed that he changed to defense of Cuatro with Kostic and Nico González, while Valverde marked an imposing Chilean that Di Gregorio took out. But it was Xabi who sent Tchouaméni to the center of the field to form a four line there. The intensity and white pressure no longer allowed you to go to Juve. The white coach did not invent by making Mbappé debut at the Club World Cup. He retired to Gonzalo. The natural. Also the survey of the core, Modric by Arda, which grows to the rhythm of the team. Each game better.
There was only one but putting Madrid. That had not finished the task. And Juve has quality players. Nico González touched the stick with a distant left -footed shot. But Madrid generated a lot. With Vinicius overflowing on the left, forcing the overexertion of Thuram, of Rugani, of Di Gregorio ultimately, when the rest did not arrive. This Madrid also frequents the distant shot because it has players to rehearse it. Ceballos entered at the end, almost as a prize to Valverde, imperial. Rodrygo did not appear, who saw from the band the splendor of Gonzalo. It is what there is. That Madrid is better every day, more intense, more round, and the 11 does not enter the equation. On Saturday there will be an appointment in rooms. Xabi's Madrid is becoming reliable.
