WITH ONE GOAL IN THREE MATCHES
Madrid suffers when Benzema is not on the pitch
Published:13/02/2022 - 10:20h
Updated:13/02/2022 - 11:05h
The goalless draw against Villarreal has once again made clear how dependent Real Madrid is on Karim Benzema. Carlo Ancelotti managed to change his three attacking players, but none could break parity at La Cerámica
Although the Real Madrid has seen favoured by the good moment of Karim Benzema in the season, now exerting functions of leader, the injury of the French has left in evidence the dependency that the team is supported by he in the attack. In the three commitments that has been of drop by his injury in the isquios, the alone whites have been able to celebrate a so much while they miss to his goleador.
Only Marco Asensio has been able to annotate during the absence of the Frenchman, the one who surely will be reserved for the eliminatory by the eighth of final of the Champions in front of Paris Saint-Germain. The merengues come of empatar without goals in front of the Villarreal, leaving escape the possibility to extend the distance with the Seville in LaLiga, that keeps in four points.
Asensio And Vinicius are the managers of the attack while 'The Cat' continue recovering. Even so, Carlo Ancelotti does not seem to have found the solution, arriving even to have of Gareth Bleat like leading centre of unexpected way. The Welsh did not see action from finals of the past year and finds to very few months to finish his agreement with the Madrid.
'The Express of Cardiff' did not have a bad performance in front of the 'yellow submarine'. In fact, it had several clear occasions in the commitment. Nevertheless, Gero Rulli seemed to be in his day when frustrating the attempts with more danger by part of the British attacker, especially after a finish with the left leg and a hand manually that it could break the equality in the second time.
The changes of Ancelotti, insufficient
While his attackers could not surpass the wall in the arch of the Villarreal, the Italian trainer accused strong headaches trying look for options. In fact it arrived to replace to his three effective in attack: Vinicius went out to give entry to Eden Hazard; Asensio, by Rodrygo, whereas it Bleat would withdraw to give entry to Jovic. But the result would not change, not even with the finish of the Serbian, that happened brushing the crossbar.
