The party of real Madrid In Almaty it was as expected, only what had happened before had not been as expected. It was a meeting without complications, dominated all the time and with moments to joy, to confirm the virtues of Mastantuonothe value of Gülerthe challenge of Rodrygo And the importance of Mbappé. A game to get a little wounds after the derby and make their way, separate from that defeat and start building and believing again. And make believe
The rival was the best thing that could happen to the team of Xabi Alonso. A team excited, but limited, brave to the inexplicable, that wanted to stand up for a little while and was later wrong in his defensive balance. The long round trip has been the worst for the white team; The game was a pleasant afternoon, without shocks.
Just in case, Xabi Alonso He did not make many changes above. Yes behind, where Racing He was a substitute for the first time this season, to give minutes to Fran García And also gave Praise The position next to Huijsen. It was a day for the defense to recover self -esteem. Only twice the local team arrived: in the first play, after center serve. Weak teams do not understand the fashion that has imposed Luis Enriquethat of taking from the center of the field and missing an opportunity to start playing the ball. For the Kairat, the downtown serve was ideal to get to the area, who knows how many more times he was going to arrive. So the first play was the most dangerous of the excited local. But the auction came soft to the hands of Courtois. The second time he arrived, the referee whistled penalty Ceballosthen, with the help of the Varhe saw that it was not.
The rest of the meeting was a monologue of the real Madridsometimes with more desire, sometimes with less. Sometimes more clearly, especially when the ball passed through Güler And, in the second half, by Rodrygosometimes with less.
If in defense Xabi Alonso He made changes, in attack he did not touch much. Yes made a holder to Mastantuonoahead of Bellinghamwhich generates some questions about the decisions of the derby. The Argentine is very alive and that is, perhaps, what the real Madrid At the moment. An awake player, somewhat rabid, fighting for the ball and intuits and accelerates where he will go. Thus the first goal was born: Mastantuono He saw that a very defective clearance of the opponent took the ball to the area of the very young goalkeeper.
Young and inexperienced: arrived late, threw the Argentine striker and the Madridthrough Mbappéhe did the most complicated on turbulence days: scoring the first goal and leaving behind any questions about the result. That was a giant step. More than playing, he had to win and the goal opened that door. The white team was very comfortable and found Güler that, in turn, he is an expert in finding Mbappé. A society that can give many successes is being generated there: the player who sees the holes and the forward that flies towards them. And also arises the doubt where it has to place Gülerwhere does it harm more.
In Almaty it was Ceballos the one who played with Tchouameni and that gave the Turk and the white attack. Vinicius He also had his time, however, the second part of Rodrygo It reopens the unknown about which footballer he is going to perform better on the left side of the attack.
Injured, but proud, the Kairat He threw forward without taking a look back and Madrid found an oasis there. So much that Courtois an assistance was pointed out, Mbappé made two more goals, Camavinga became Santillanabut without joy and Brahim It definitely closed the past.