After scoring the first goal, Vinicius ran to hug Carlo Ancelottisending a message without nuances of support for the Italian coach. Everyone knew that the game against Osasuna measured the coach’s credibility and Madrid got out of the situation with a victory. just when everything went against. It was as if the white team found its roots, which has made it immense: the greater the difficulty, the better the face.
For Vini’s goal, Real Madrid had already lost Rodrygo and Militao. The defender fell to the ground and screamed with pain and sorrow, while, on the sideline, Ancelotti was left without a forehead to hold his lifting eyebrow. Without Militao, he put Asencio, a center back from the quarry, on the field. Then, before the break, Lucas Vázquez, injured, had to hold on lame and bandaged until the referee blew the final whistle because another substitution ended the change windows. Within forty-five minutes, Madrid lost three players, one of them, one of the two center backs that Ancelotti has and the other, the last healthy right back.
It was all problems for a team that was already in trouble and, However, we saw a serious, more concentrated Madrid, who knew how to steal from the top and finally took advantage of the gaps behind the rival’s back.. A Madrid led, again, by Vinicius, with Bellingham looser and with Camavinga pushing the team upwards from the center of the field. It is his time to take over the position that he really likes, but for which, as Ancelotti must think, he lacks a certain order. It may be, what happens is that he makes up for it with dynamism and, right now, Real Madrid needs vital players, who give it rhythm and get it out of atony. Camavinga knew when to press and was non-stop throughout the match.
Madrid, which began with logical doubts after the defeat against Milan, had a hard time finding its place. Ancelotti announced that he was going to play things, but, by names, the only new thing was the presence of Fran García for Mendy on the left wing. A change that is more circumstantial than structural. The rest, the usual, with Rodrygo as forward. It was a cold Madrid, with more control of the ball, but with the usual problems in doing damage. What he did look much better was in defense, with more general sacrifice, with Vini and Mbappé closer to his midfield..
Osasuna arrived at the Bernabéu with its good season behind it and, under its belt, Barcelona’s only defeat in LaLiga, but left the stadium without leaving a mark, defensively surpassed by Madrid, which has happened a lot this season.
In attack, Vinicius broke the game, as it could not be otherwise. He scored the first goal and that changed the face of everything. Madrid asserted itself on the field and an unchecking move by Bellingham saw it Asencio to put a ball in that was the second. The teammates first went to hug the youth player. There are games and plays that change careers and that pass from Asencio may have changed his life. With a defense at a minimum, the center-back showed personality and forcefulness to earn his place. The door had to be broken down and he did it.
In the second half, Madrid finally felt freed from so many days of sadness and negativity. He was able to run and also knew how to pressure his rival very high, with Brahim, like Camavinga, pushing the team forward and with Vini as a total forward.
Only Mbappé was missing from the partybut the Frenchman left good details, especially when he had several minutes in a row to play on the left.