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2. La Real’s hot and cold counters
Everyone knows that Real Madrid are, well, not very good. But what was so remarkable tonight was that Real Sociedad made them look not good. In Imanol Alguacil’s first game in charge (of his second spell as boss), the Basque side ripped Real Madrid’s “defence” asunder.
This was an absurd sight. Even with “world-class” defensive midfielder Casemiro on, La Real breezed through Los Blancos on the break with insulting ease. Once the Brazilian departed every single attack from La Real at least managed to reach the Madrid penalty area.
So why was this game only 0-2? Well despite the dynamic excellence of David Zurutuza, Adnan Januzaj, Mikel Oyarzabal, etc. on the break; they lacked a cutting edge to make their opponents suffer. So attacks petered out with disappointing regularity, and the match played on a knife-edge (until a bit of composure from their striker made it 0-2) when it should have been over by half-time.
Everyone knows that Real Madrid are, well, not very good. But what was so remarkable tonight was that Real Sociedad made them look not good. In Imanol Alguacil’s first game in charge (of his second spell as boss), the Basque side ripped Real Madrid’s “defence” asunder.
This was an absurd sight. Even with “world-class” defensive midfielder Casemiro on, La Real breezed through Los Blancos on the break with insulting ease. Once the Brazilian departed every single attack from La Real at least managed to reach the Madrid penalty area.
So why was this game only 0-2? Well despite the dynamic excellence of David Zurutuza, Adnan Januzaj, Mikel Oyarzabal, etc. on the break; they lacked a cutting edge to make their opponents suffer. So attacks petered out with disappointing regularity, and the match played on a knife-edge (until a bit of composure from their striker made it 0-2) when it should have been over by half-time.
