When the Bernabéu gets angry, it gets angry. And there is no one to stop that. And the best news from the game against Getafe was that the Madrid partner is still waiting for Mbappé, who He trusts that he will go further and continue scoring goals like the one he scored in the first half.from afar and close to the post, after breaking for speed. There had been no whistles or complaints before. Real Madrid fans are not the most patient in the world because no one in the capital of Spain is patient with anything, however, after the match in Liverpool, the Madrid stadium applauded their player when his name was chanted in the lineup; He showed no indignation when he lost a couple of balls and sincerely celebrated one of the best goals he has scored since joining the white team. He even applauded him enthusiastically when he missed an empty goal in the second half.. He believes in him and that can already be seen in that growing murmur when he picks up the ball and starts running with the field in front of him. It is the irrepressible noise of expectation, of promises. Now it has to be filled with goals
If there were injuries after the Champions League defeat, they were not noticeable. Barcelona’s defeat on Saturday against Las Palmas was the best relief and the victory against Getafe was already definitive. Real Madrid have had a couple of bad nights, but now they see everything better. LaLiga is there, the team gives good news and Barcelona, so dazzling not many weeks ago, is sick.
That is why the game against Getafe was so important for the spirit of Mbappé and the rest of his teammates. First we had to check how the communion with the stands was and then see if what happened in Liverpool was a reality, a trend or just an accident caused by casualties and other circumstances: a repairable accident, in short.
Ancelotti’s team did not hesitate, as they no longer play with the indolence that was seen at the beginning of the championship.. He goes out for the games with another decision and his fans and the results appreciate that. Despite the losses in the midfield, without their two starting midfielders, Ancelotti’s team managed the game well, with hardly any options for a Getafe that wanted to stop the game, but did not show many more plans.
Ceballos was the starter, like five and this time, his effort, which he never lacks, made sense. As if the responsibility of leading the team focused on him, the Andalusian did not stop directing the team, asking for the ball and giving orders to his teammates. Almost every season there is a moment in which it raises doubts about its future. That is to say, the usual thing is to think that at the end of the year he leaves because he doesn’t play, but then games like Getafe arrive and what we want is for him to stay, because he is a useful footballer and even more so in a football in which injuries They are our daily bread. With Valverde already in the center of the field and with Bellingham recovering its moments of splendor, Real Madrid has a different spirit, another way of approaching games.
Getafe’s plan was to take him out of the game Bordalás style, with fouls, stopping the game. In just a few minutes, the blue team had made a collection of fouls that stopped the game again and again. One of those who did the most was Álvaro Rodríguez, the former Real Madrid striker, who perfectly fulfilled his coach’s instructions.
But Getafe only went for the game when Madrid decided that they no longer wanted to, in the second half, with little calm, boredom and after Mbappé had wasted two heads-up that, it is expected, at some point moment will not fail.
Madrid got a little upset because everything was more or less simple and they immediately resolved the game. It was with a penalty of those that the cliché says are not whistled, but are a penalty. In a corner kick they threw Rüdiger and Hernández Hernández did not hesitate. The one who threw it was Jude Bellingham, not Mbappé. The Englishman is now essential in the team and perhaps that is why, in the second half, when he was left on the bench due to dizziness, Madrid went down.
The goal put the game ahead for Real Madrid and saved you the problems and stress that could have come with another marker and the passing of the minutes.
Everything went smoothly. Rodrygo, starter again, provides work and a certain threat. Without Vinicius on the other side, Madrid needs him. Madrid was supportive, lively during the first half and crowned it with Mbappé’s goal.
Maybe later he lacked hunger to finish the match with more of a party feeling. The changes, which San Mamés expects this week and that there had been no penalties, were extinguishing the game.
But what had to be solved had already been solved. Step by step.