Madrid cannot with Betis and leaves half the league


A Real Madrid Fatigued, he accused the excess of matches at a decisive moment in the fight for LaLiga and gave up a goalless draw, the second in the last three days, which complicate his aspirations to the title, before a Betis who missed the opportunity to win the counterattack under the good direction of Diego Lainez.

Keeping one level on a crazy schedule is a pipe dream. Doing it at the limit of strength and three days before the semifinals of the Champions League, with the risk of distraction, was impossible for a Real Madrid that got stuck against Betis. The illusion of the double is reduced to hours of the European duel against Chelsea, with Atlético de Madrid and Barcelona with a lower load of matches on their legs.

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Real Madrid was unable to read the duel from the beginning stuck, with Zinedine Zidane innovating in his eleven as he recovered pieces. Giving up the left side where he displaced a Nacho who was immeasurable as a center-back in the absence of Sergio Ramos and hardly contributed in a demarcation in which he is not used to playing.

Without feeling pressure or defensive burdens. From the possession with criteria but without taking a step forward in the last meters, Betis walked calmly through the first act. At the pace set by his highest quality player, Sergio Canales, who appeared judiciously behind Casemiro to invent between the lines.

Real Madrid lacked the vertigo of Vinicius in a duel lacking rhythm. Five novelties of Zidane from the beginning that did not give fluidity to the game. Only when the ball passed through Benzema, the plays gained a sense from the technical quality. He was the only one who proved Claudio Bravo’s safety with a low shot in a single shot on goal throughout the first half. The return to 4-3-3 did not increase the vertigo. Some isolated start from Marco Asensio, Rodrygo disappeared.

The defensive security should have pushed Betis for more in moments of Madrid doubt. Borja Iglesias lacked millimeters to reach the Canales and Emerson centers, well stopped by an inspired Militao. Not a shot to Courtois that saw Canales’s most dangerous attempt crashed into the side of the net.

Six minutes before the break, Benzema hooked up an action of which he does not forgive, with a pass from Isco behind the centrals. Real Madrid depends on its killer. Even more so in a day of traffic jam that he wanted to solve in the second part. Increasing anxiety as the game progressed and Betis forgave his dangerous counterattacks.

Those of Zidane had to take a step forward. No margin for error in the title fight. They left spaces and Lainez’s figure grew, providing quality in each of his actions. Unbalancing with speed and vision on the pass. Mendi forgave the first and the Mexican played the second. The match was in the hands of Pellegrini’s team but it lacked success. Guido forgave the clearest against Courtois.

In the instability, Zidane sought refuge in Vinicius, but the Brazilian had one of those days of mistakes in the auction that brings him closer to despair. The duel lacked the inspiration of the forward. Benzema did not have more and Borja Iglesias failed what a 9 cannot forgive.

Real Madrid lacked finesse in the last meters and Modric’s freshness on his return to lead his team to victory. He longed for the figure of Kroos. Zidane’s last attempt was to bet on the wings with the entry of Odriozola and Marcelo, but no attempt came close to the goal. Casemiro from outside the area and in the bad shots of Vinicius, part of the league aspirations left him.

There was only one resource left to be tied to, Eden Hazard’s return with more finesse than when she relapsed of your injuries. He imposed the missing criteria but in the rain there were no shots to his imagination. Real Madrid tried to stop the ball the whole game without success and ended up asking for a hand, from Miranda, after a shot from Militao. Betis accepted the point as good. Fourth consecutive visit to the white house without being defeated and a step behind those of Zidane, at the limit of strength.

0 – Real Madrid: Courtois; Carvajal (Odriozola, m.68), Militao, Varane, Nacho; Casemiro, Modric (Blanco, m.77), Isco (Marcelo, m.68); Rodrygo (Vinicius, m.59), Marco Asensio (Hazard, m.77) and Benzema.

0 – Real Betis: Claudio Bravo, Emerson, Mandi, Víctor Ruíz, Miranda; Guido Rodríguez, Guarded (Carvalho, m.88); Joaquín (Aitor Ruibal, m.59), Canales, Diego Lainez (Juanmi, m.80); and Borja Iglesias (Loren, m.80).

Referee: Estrada Fernández (Catalan school). He admonished Isco (35) for Real Madrid; and Bravo (92) and Loren (93) for Betis.

Incidents: Stadium: match corresponding to the thirty-second day of LaLiga Santander, played at the Alfredo di Stéfano stadium behind closed doors. A minute’s silence was observed in memory of Emilio Butragueño’s father.


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