Madrid beats a good Valladolid suffering and asking for the time (1-0)

In spite of all what has said , Zinedine Zidane surprised to all the world and went back to bet by Luka Jovic against the Valladolid. The Serbian accompanied in the forward to Karim Benzema and was one of the few that saved in the tedious first part of the madridistas. The whites, the same that against the Betis, had problems in attack and cost them a lot have depth along the first 45 minutes.

The pucelanos closed well backwards and the merengues had to face up to a very placed defence and very together. In spite of everything, the venues were about to to mark by mediation of Fede Valverde after a big played between Jovic, Marcelo and Isco. The Balkan initiated the driving far of the area, combined with the malagueño and finish finding to the Brazilian, that topó with Roberto. The rebound of the archer was to stop to the midfield player charrúa, that hit him at first and found with the paradón of the put Madrilenian.

The ones of Sergio González little by little removed the pressure of on and began to play something more the ball, but hardly upset to Thibaut Courtois. In fact, it went the Madrid the one who brushed the 1-0 in two occasions of Jovic. Andl ex of the Eintracht was in all, but was missing him puntería for remachar a big pass of Valverde that commanded went by very little. Neither it hit the tip in a powerful finish with the right after pass of Modric that commanded to the side of the network.

The whites had the best opportunities of the first-half, but still like this were not fine in the first 45 minutes. Without speed, occupying badly the spaces and without desborde, the ones of 'Zizou' went to the rest with 0-0 and with the feeling that they did lacking changes. And the French did them, but before Jovic went back to have it in a big head butt to the that answered wonderfully Roberto with another big unemployed. Casemiro Could mark in the rebound, but commanded it inexplicably to the crossbar.

After the occasion of the merengues, Courtois saved to his with an incredible hand to shot of Weisman. This opportunity of the Valladolid exhausted the patience of Zidane, that did three changes at the same time and took out to the field to Vinicius, Asensio and Carvajal. The Frenchman wanted to open the field and for this did without a Jovic that, although fallón, went probably the best of the Madrid during the almost 60 minutes that was on the terrain of game.

Vinicius Finish giving him the victory to the Madrid

But the technician of Marseilles has a 'flower' and Vinicius, that went out by the Serbian, finished annotating the decisive 1-0 after a played embarullada that finish defining well in front of the guardameta. In spite of the so much, the madridistas did not close the crash and the ones of Pucela had several dangerous arrivals that could finish turning into the tie. But the ball did not go in, the Madrid knew to suffer and carried three very litigated points in another meeting in which it went back to be missing football.