2023-04-16 00:16:17
That Real Madrid won this Saturday in Cádiz is anecdotal to say the least. La Liga, emotionally lost at the Camp Nou, has been for weeks a practice field for the Champions League qualifiers, where once again it walks happily among the greatest on the continent. Ancelotti’s men, uninhibited, prepared in the old Carranza for the second leg of the quarterfinals against Chelsea after the victory at the Santiago Bernabéu last Wednesday. With nothing at stake after an irritating course in the national tournament, the current league champion stepped on the grass of a team that is fighting to continue for another year in the First Division and danced to the beat of a man who, like past times, claims importance in spring. He is Marco Asensio.
When his renewal seems a logical consequence, when in a season in which he has been a regular from the bench, without a bad word and a very good role as a revulsion, he begins to be relevant at the moment in which the titles are decided , the maturity of the Mallorcan revitalizes his role at Real Madrid. The talented attacker was key with a beautiful shot from the edge to make it 2-0 against Chelsea and, this Saturday, in a game where he was the main protagonist of the white attack point, he left an amalgamation of offensive resources that demonstrate his great shape.
Asensio began his precise night with a beautiful wall with Benzema on the brink before a sea of Cadista defenders. The Spanish international left the flagship striker of Real Madrid with a slight foreign touch, who missed a great David Gil. This was the usual trend of the game until Nacho’s goal in minute 72: Asensio combining with Valverde, ceballos or Karim, and the substitute for Ledesma or the post, avoiding the obvious.
However, after Nacho’s 0-1 draw, with a good shot from outside the area, Asensio He found his reward with a typical goal in his repertoire: a low, inside, left-footed shot into the crossbar to kill the game and seal another fine individual performance. With the visit to London that will decide the Champions League semi-finalist on the horizon on Tuesday, Asensio stands as an important man in Ancelotti’s plans.
Plethoric Rodrygo
As rarely happens to him due to the omnipresence of his compatriot Vinicius, the young Brazilian played on the left wing; With a changed leg, the ideal position to leave the dribble diagonally to the goal with his good leg, the right. Likewise, from very early on, Rodrygo proved to be in a state of plethoric form. In an amalgamation of beautiful feints, the white 21 made the night bitter for Parra (who had to be replaced halfway through the second half by Alejo), mixed brilliantly with Benzema and Asensio (another attacker who is at an excellent level despite not being a regular starter) and only Gilthe Cádiz goalkeeper deprived him of the goal.
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