Camavinga he made gestures to Viniciusafter an attacking play by Milan, as if reproaching him for not positioning himself well. Shortly after, Vinicius reproached the midfield for the distance between the forwards and the demular players, a space through which the Italian team’s players moved without problems. Before, in the first half, The Bernabéu public had already found a culprit: Tchouameni, that he did not have a good day and that he has not shown enough for the position he holds. Every time he touched the ball, whistles. That was the atmosphere at the Santiago Bernabéu, where everything has gone wrong in recent days and Now the hand of a surgeon is urgently needed to find the problem, remove it and achieve the turning point. of a team that, right now, is confused, does not know what it is playing and what it is doing, and it is wrong.
He is, furthermore, at that moment in which nothing at all comes out. With ten minutes left and two goals behind, Rüdiger scored a goal. It was celebrated as those goals are celebrated in the Madrid stadium: as a prelude to the bugle, tension and fear. But when Real Madrid was involved in it, the referee said not to serve, waited for the VAR’s decision and annulled it for offside, that nightmarethe only attempt at rebellion, the only moment of hope for Ancelotti’s team.
The Italian changes the midfield in the starting lineup during the match and there is no way: he cannot find the winning combination. It does not touch other areas of the attack because in defense it is at its limit and does not consider the youth players, while in attack Vinicius and Mbappé are immovable. The Brazilian scored the goal from the penalty they gave him. He left that, at least, on a night without much more shine; while Mbappé collected a series of aimless shots. He has to break through, everyone expects him to break through, break through, start scoring goals and don’t stop. But, until now, the fans and the rest of the team continue to wait for him as Beckett’s characters waited for Godot, in that work he brings the meaninglessness of life closer.
Godot never arrives.
Madrid’s rivals move around the field with an astonishing ease that says a lot about how Real Madrid presses. Against Milan he did it a little in the first half, his best minutes, but then either he forgets or he gets tired or he’s not cut out for it, and he lets the opponent harass him and starts to get carried away and there’s nothing left to do. do.
Madrid does not have the upper hand and it does not have the defensive strength of other times. Milan scored the first and chose the fate of the match on a tight corner kick, which was not defended with consistency. Ancelotti’s team is not in the mood to go behind on the scoreboard. Neither with spirit nor with football. Ancelotti opted for Modric and Tchouameni in the middle; on the right Valverde and on the left and floating, Bellingham. The problems must have been there because the team ended up with Camavinga, Ceballos and Brahim in that area, while Rodrygo joined the attack. Ancelotti changes players, puts them together, looks for different positions, yesterday he hit Valverde on the right. The Italian coach is an alchemist who has been abandoned, at least for the moment, by his good eye, luck and football.
Because Vinicius tied and instead of the reaction came a moment of apathy from Tchouameni and the goal from Morata, whom the Bernabéu hates with a vengeance. Once again behind, once again risking too much, with the entire second half ahead of us. Taking risks without a clear plan, without magic and with holes behind. Milan scored. Madrid is desperate.