2023-10-24 23:39:05
A Madrid at half speed and more focused on the classic than Carlo Ancelotti would have liked obtained a victory on his first visit to Braga that could have been placid but that was called into question until the last moment due to an overconfidence of the visiting team and the relaxed character of the local team.
Artur Jorge’s pupils displayed an astonishing defensive innocence and received a goal from Rodrygo, right two months later, and another from Bellingham, who almost never misses his appointment with the goal. But the Portuguese pulled out all the stops, shortened the gap through the mediation of the Spaniard Álvaro Djaló and put fear into the body of a squad that erred on the side of sufficiency and could have paid dearly for it if Braga had been right in the final siege.
Ancelotti’s troops barely endured the situation and return to Madrid with three points that practically put their place on track for the round of 16 of the Champions League, but they received a serious warning and are crossing their fingers for Bellingham, whose groin discomfort They forced him to leave the playing field early, although his presence in Saturday’s classic does not seem to be in danger.
Braga
Matheus, Mendes (Fonseca, min. 73), Serdar Saatçi, Niakaté, Borja, Vitor Carvalho (Bruma, min. 66), Al Musrati (Moutinho, min. 78), Ricardo Horta, Zalazar, Álvaro Djaló and Banza (Abel Ruiz , min. 66).
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Real Madrid
Kepa, Carvajal, Rüdiger, Nacho, Fran García (Mendy, min. 75), Camavinga, Valverde, Modric, Bellingham (Lucas Vázquez, min. 89), Rodrygo (Tchouaméni, min. 71) and Vinicius.
Goals: 0-1: min. 16, Rodrygo. 0-2: min. 61, Bellingham. 1-2: min. 63, Álvaro Djaló.
Referee: Michael Oliver (England). He warned Camavinga and Nacho.
Incidents: Match on the third day of the group stage of the Champions League, played at the Municipal Stadium of Braga in front of around 30,000 spectators.
Real Madrid went to the Municipal Stadium of Braga with the bug in their stomach typical of the first times and a quite recognizable eleven. On the eve of the league classic, Ancelotti surrounded himself with almost all of his classics except Alaba, Kroos, Tchouaméni and Mendy. The line-up responded to the Italian coach’s intention that his team not suffer from strabismus in a week with two enormously succulent objectives for the whites: to practically seal their place in the second round of the Champions League and to make a splash in the League in Comanche territory. .
The presence of the king of Europe made Artur Jorge, the prodigal son who has taken Braga to the group stage of the Champions League for the third time in its history, alter the drawing to reinforce the defensive line, although without giving up the happy spirit that characterizes the ‘Guerreiros do Minho’. The locals came out with pride and a forward pressure that allowed them to show their fangs in the first quarter of an hour, but they were soon victims of their particular Achilles heel.
A couple of long deliveries looking for the backs of the defenders helped Real Madrid to trace the path that Rodrygo would soon follow. Activated by Vinicius, who got rid of his par with astonishing ease, the São Paulo player put an end to a drought of eleven games without seeing a goal that had him down. Joselu’s last-minute loss due to the flu cleared the stage for the Osasco attacker, whose scoring slump had raised the demands on Bellingham. In Braga, the ’11’ found with a bit of a shot that fortune that had been eluding him.
Rodrygo’s goal was therapeutic for the player from São Paulo and lightened the work for his team against a Sporting de Braga whose lights in the offensive section contrasted with a defensive innocence that constitutes their main hindrance when it comes to challenging the hegemony of the big three of the team. Portuguese football.
excess of sufficiency
Real Madrid had to sentence before half-time, as they lacked the calm to increase the punishment to Braga’s defensive indifference and Bellingham’s greater role. Ancelotti’s approach, focused this time on Vinicius’ electricity to penalize Braga’s defensive tenderness, diminished the Englishman’s brilliance in the first half, who nevertheless improved his performance after returning from the locker room.
The one from Stourbridge tested Matheus with a howitzer that the goalkeeper shook off as best he could and began to link up with Vinicius to give Real Madrid a light from the left sector. From that partnership was born the goal that should give the visitors peace of mind, a pass into the net stamped by the Englishman with a very Kroos signature. This was prevented by Álvaro Djaló, who pressed Fran García’s softness at closing time to give encouragement to a vulnerable but guerrilla Braga.
Álvaro Djaló’s goal took its toll on Real Madrid, who had already taken victory for granted and found it difficult to accept that they had to put on their work overalls again. Ancelotti tried to stop the bleeding by resorting to the muscle of Tchouaméni and the skill of Mendy, while Artur Jorge smelled blood and upped the ante with the inclusion of Bruma and Abel Ruiz. But Braga’s final siege had no effect and Madrid maintains a full points lead in the Champions League that is overshadowed by Bellingham’s discomfort, although Ancelotti reassured in this regard.
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