Modric gets Madrid out of trouble with arbitration

When a guy like Toni Kroos, a player carved out of an iceberg, explodes like that due to a non-transcendental mistake by the referee, we are facing a bad matter.. Icebergs break off or melt due to global warming. The Kroos iceberg does it because of the referee warm-up, a loop that Madrid has gotten into, something that never suits those with the most quality, because it takes away their energy.. Talent differentiates; the discussion equals. Luka Modric entered the dance to tell his playing partner where and how to win a match, where and how to break a loop. [Narrative and statistics (1-0)]

Sevilla's visit was already hot due to the Andalusian club's denunciation of the signaling videos that have become a tradition on Madrid television. Not all traditions are good. The turn was for Díaz de Mera and it was the referee himself who was the first to feel the wrath of the Bernabéu, by annulling the first local goal due to a previous foul by Nacho after the VAR indication Delayed, but correct indication. The man did not have his day, as he had to retreat to the sideline, injured, shouting “Let Negreira whistle!”

The tension left by the action was not the best for the creativity necessary against the five-man defense designed by Quique, whose Sinbad the Sailor beard fits his hours of sailing. He tightened his first two lines to close the spaces for driving in a Madrid, yesterday, of drivers: Vinicius, Rodrygo and Brahim. Later, Isaac Romero and En-Nesyri to take advantage of the spaces. They could have done it very soon, but the Moroccan incomprehensibly threw a center from this youth player who had become a franchise player for Sevilla.. Always powerful from above, En-Nesyri's legs are not always with him, especially his right.

From inferiority

Sevilla's disposition had its toll, such as reducing the play of Ocampos or Oliver Torres too much, but Quique knows that Sevilla is not there to be familiar with Madrid at the Bernabéu. Playing from inferiority is a plan, not a betrayal. The strategy initially bore fruit, only broken by the genius of Modric in the outcome, because the attempts of Vinicius, persistent on the left, did not find subsequent clarity, except for the goal annulled by Nacho's previous foul on En-Nesyri. The defender touched the Moroccan's boot, something that did not require so much suspense in the VOR room.

Ancelotti was taken out of his usual temper, so the coach saw the yellow card when Díaz de Mera was going to the monitor. It was the only time that a Madrid player found free space in the Sevilla area in the first half. The place where Sergio Ramos played like a free man, well wrapped up. Another smart decision from Quique. He wants his hierarchy, his tactical intelligence and his leadership, but he compensates for his loss of speed in anticipation.. The former Madrid captain was received with just the right amount of confetti, and there are scars that take time to heal. The Ramos who raised the stands at the Bernabéu was Topuria, the fashionable puncher in these times when there is too much hitting and protesting.

Valverde provided the Tomahawk solution to Madrid's difficulties in the approaches. Nyland's flight was equal to his shot and Lunin's shortly after to respond to Romero's shot.. Stops of this type are reasons to love you, now that Courtois faces the last phase of his recovery. We will see. The one who won't see it is Kepa, a good goalkeeper who hasn't managed to find his way.

Madrid managed to accelerate the match during a stretch in which Valverde, once again, was the closest to the goal. The ball went to the wood. He needed more from the attackers, their ability to eliminate pieces and their inventiveness. Ancelotti did not have the solution on the bench this time: Joselu, the player who has best tuned in to the goal in recent games, games, of course, without Bellingham.

The Italian then called Modric and removed Nacho to place Tchouaméni as central defender. The Croatian's step forward is always a step of quality, someone who, at his many years, knows how to distance himself from contamination. The oriented control and the goal is the demonstration that this desperate Madrid must interpret without reasons to despair. It's Modric's advice. Listen.