Alexander Puzik sums up the tenth round of the championship of Spain.
The fiasco of Real Madrid in Catalonia, Valverde's lesson to his recent student, Valencia's important victory in the class, the flashback of Atletico on Vanda Metropolitano, the first victory of Malaga in the season - about this and much more in the outcome of Round 10 Examples.
Tour results:.
"Well, we lost, well, Girona, so what?".
When last time we criticized Real Madrid for a dull victory over Abar (3: 0), many wrote something like "there is a rout, and what else do you need?". I needed a game of football, and not these shameful torments. And already in the next round the team more organized and collected than Eibar, knocked out the "cream" and seriously struck at their ambitions. Girona is an absolute debutant of the examples, so the game against Real Madrid became the first club in the history of the Catalan club. Before the match, coach Girona Pablo Machin said that his team only 1 chance of success out of 100 and hardly anyone at the time did not agree with the mentor.
As a result, the hosts have achieved a truly historic result and exposed a huge number of problems Real. More precisely not so. These problems were known to everyone after the disastrous matches at the beginning of the season, but the subsequent victories led to the fact that many began to turn a blind eye to the team's game. And it was not as it was, and no. What happened in the match with Girona? Absolutely nothing surprising. The worst match of Marcelo over the past few years, the failure of Hakimi, who will surely return to Castile and miss his chance, is absolutely useless to Cristiano and, of course, the incredible, dazzling, the best in the world of Kariyiiim Benzema. Forgive me for such irony, but there is no longer any strength to look at the Frenchman in Real Madrid.
How did Benzema deserve such privileges in one of the best clubs in the world? A weak form of Cristiano can be forgiven, because he "returned to the highest level" a million times and brought trophies to the team, and how can you write off such mistakes and low performance to Karim? I really want to believe that in the winter transfer window Real Madrid will sign a striker, but to be honest, it is very unlikely in the middle of the season the club will be able to entice a strong striker. Fans will have to suffer, at best, until summer. Well, or hope for Ronaldo.
More about the match. What did Zidane do when the situation turned into a critical one? Changed the flank defenders, completely failed the match, and released the attackers Ascencio and Vasquez, thus moving to the game of 3 defenders. Vazquez again came out on the field with a great desire and burning eyes, but it is an excess of emotions that are harmful to the Spaniard. And it looks like nobody talks to him about this, because the situation does not change from match to match.
Zidane has never played with such a scheme and there are two sides to the coin. The coach can be praised for a bold decision at such an important moment, but this decision did not bring the team absolutely no dividends, and in such cases it is important only that, and the rest does not make sense. Courage and adventurism sometimes leads to success, but this time such a decision was absolutely disastrous. For this minus Zidane and his coaching staff.
And in the end a little about the words of the Frenchman after the match. "The result is that Real Madrid just lost three points. Now we are behind Barcelona by 8 points, but this absolutely does not change anything. We are sure that we can fix everything. Our rivals will lose points during the season ". Real Madrid just lost three points? Is it now so called? That is, you had a lot of moments and you were not lucky? Or how to understand this? Maybe those glasses do not mean anything and -8 is it okay? Very surprised by Zidane and recently with a purely negative side. And if you look at the creamy calendar, you can safely say that if Real Madrid fails to get its game in the very near future, by the end of this year the question of the champion will be finally taken off.
Returned, saw, won The extra intrigue of the fundamental match between Athletic and Barcelona gave the fact that Ernesto Valverde had to confront for the first time the native Basque team that paved his way to the capital of Catalonia. Hence the following intrigue - the opposition of the pupil of Siganda against the teacher Valverde. The new coach of Athletic continued to follow his teacher's way and did not change the philosophy of the club and the team. Now he had to pass an important exam and not fall into the mud face in front of Ernesto.
Following the match, we can safely say that this test was a failure for Athletic was not, but, on the other hand, things could have come out much more successfully. But here you only have to blame yourself. Who prevented Aduris from getting his head to the goal from a few meters first, and then to realize his exit one-on-one even with a score of 0-0? And Barcelona does not forgive such extravagance. Again punished Messi. Typical Barca goal.
"Lions" could well get away from defeat at the end of the meeting, but several times saved Ter Stegen. And when the owners completely bare the rear, the blue-pomegranate ran into a counterattack and realized the majority. Paulino scored and now he has more goals than Benzema and Ronaldo combined. It's funny, is not it? Footballer, whose transfer was not criticized only by the lazy, brings his team much more useful (not only about goals) than the main players of Real Madrid. It happens.
As for the game of those or other players, then in the Barca singles Jordi Albu, Mark-Andre ter Stephen, Paulinho and, of course, Leo Messi. Who became the player of the match, I think, it is not worth talking about. There are things that do not change from tour to tour. Another weak match was given to Andre Gomes. It often seemed that Valverde replaced the Portuguese, because he was not at all visible, but he still was on the field. Absolutely useless. From the ranks of Athletic and highlight someone difficult. Trying all the players and no one general picture is not spoiled. Another thing is that there was no player who stood out from the crowd, namely in this top teams differ from the average.
Atletico does not change course Atletico has long been worth criticizing, but something we delayed this process. The match with Villarreal once again proved that Simeone does not intend to change his philosophy and will not adjust to the current realities. And what are these realities? Remember the champion season of "mattress", when they have given Barca and Real Madrid with the same Messi and Ronaldo at the head. And look at the game of the "Indians" right now.. Will you find at least a couple of fundamental differences? This is the trouble. Simeone then went on the only right path that led him to the summit and this is certainly his merit, but now this way he can not succeed. Why? The answer is simple - absolutely all the collectives have adapted to the game of Atletico and know how to counteract this team.
Before Simeone, it's absolutely worthwhile to "take off your hat" for the championship and the relative successes in the Champions League, but does not he understand that in football trends are changing not with each month, but with each passing day? He is very aware of this and that is why he tried to leave Atletico twice. In this case, in no case can not blame only El Cholo. Atletico simply does not have the resources that Barca and Real and therefore from year to year the struggle does not work. And from the direction of the leadership to the coach in general there can be no questions. Another thing is that Simeone is a maximalist by nature and a bit strange to see how he literally stumbles on the spot.
And now a little more. How has Atletico played in recent years? Any of you will come up with the word "bus" and you will be right. Well-coordinated defense is the main distinguishing feature of Atletico and while Simeone will be at the helm, this does not change. And what happens in matches against teams that are obviously weaker or competitors for a place in the Champions League, where "kolchoneros" are required to play from a position of strength? Atletico in 9 matches out of 10 is so pragmatic that there is absolutely no clarity who is the favorite on the field. As a result, "mattresses" often achieve results, but this happens less and less often. Here in this round of a similar trap without any problems got out Villarreal.
"Submarine" likes to play attacking football, but realizing that in the game with Atletico this will not be done, the guests calmly adjusted themselves to the opponent's game and achieved the desired result. Let Villarreal equalize the score in the end, but does not he deserve it?.
Valencia: the victory of the real champions What distinguishes the teams with the real champion ambitions from the upstart collectives, who give out only powerful stretches? The fact that the first one manages to win a third of matches just on the class, and the second after a series of successes are faced with problems that eventually lead to collapse, because in one fuss and character is not here to leave.
And now let's take a look at the match of Valencia vs. Alaves. "Bats" were able to score two goals with a minimum number of strokes, while the owners were lopping, hitting, but everything was practically useless.
Do not think that we now rank Valencia as candidates for the championship, but the match with Alaves showed that this team is able to play with a large margin and expect to win, as they say, "little blood". Now, separately about the frames. After enchanting appearances in past matches, he did not show himself to Gonzalo Gedesh.
The Portuguese was barely noticeable and first went on vacation. But finally he reminded himself of Andreas Pereira. In this match, the player leased from MJ, was a real leader on the field and it was he who started most of the attacks of his team. Very poorly played on the spot disqualified Parehi young Soler. Unattractive match for Gaia, and the rest - at its usual level.
We add that Dzadzi's goal allowed him to overtake Marco Di Vaia in the list of the most productive Italians in the history of Valencia and with 15 goals to come out on top.
Sevilla stopped Leganes Sevilla and Leganes approached the full-time match in completely different states. "Nerviots" in the last two rounds lost to direct competitors to Athletic and Seville, and were also destroyed by Spartacus in the Champions League, while the affairs of Leganes were going well. Outsider championship was in fifth place. And it's not a joke. Nevertheless, in the camp of Seville they understood that they need to finally win, in order to regain confidence and the game against the "pepineros" was ideally suited for this, because in the case of Victoria, the team would go to the fifth place.
As a result, the hosts played better than their opponent and took three points in the case. Leganes snapped, fought and did not give up, but the opponent's class was higher and this was the main reason for the success of the "Nervians". An excellent match held by Pablo Sarabia. Goal + assistant and the status of the best player of the match. In no case can Leganes lose courage. Yes, ahead of the team extremely difficult schedule (Barcelona, ??Valencia, Celta and Villarreal), but it is in such meetings you need to declare yourself publicly.
One line:.
Malaga achieved the first victory in the championship. And this we are talking about a team that at the end of last season destroyed on its way all and all. It is clear that the fault is the sale of key players, but the first victory only in the 10th round speaks volumes. Celta was defeated, for which this fiasco became the second consecutive order.
Eibar managed in the second half of the match against Levante otkvitat two goals and pull a draw result. At the same time, the "armourers" played the entire match better than the guests, and those only miraculously scored twice in the first half. Two strikes, two goals.
Sociedad also continued to lose points on this tour. This time the team of Sacristan contrived at the end of the meeting to get two goals from Getafe and leave the suburbs of Madrid with nothing.
Las Palmas started the match with Deportivo from the quick goal of Loic Remi, but the wards of Perallo back in the first half, recouped, and in the second scored twice more, having managed to increase the gap from the relegation zone, where the representatives of the Canary Islands.
Betis during the match with Hispaniol knew the results of matches of all competitors and had the opportunity to move immediately to the fifth line of the table, but the Catalans were against. Gerard Moreno at the beginning of the second half took advantage of the sluggishness of the defenders of Betis and scored the only goal.
Tour player:.
Interesting facts of the tour:.
76 - Sergio Busquets received a 76th yellow card in Barca and equaled this figure to Carlos Puyol. More only with Josep Guardiola (80).
100 - Saul held the 100th match for Atletico in Example.
October 15 - 29, 2002 Andres Iniesta made his debut for Barcelona.
2.5% - Of all the players who scored in the top 5 leagues, the worst implementation of Cristiano Ronaldo (2.5%).
4 - Jordi Alba gave 4 assists for Leo Messi this season.
8 - In the history of the Examples there was not a single team that, after the 10th round, managed to lose the eight-point advantage.
5 - Morales was involved in 5 of the last 6 goals of Levante (3 goals, 2 assistants).
1 - Barcelona has demonstrated the best start in the history of La Liga.
13 - Real Madrid interrupted the guest winning streak at the 13th game.
1 - Girona is the only team in La Liga, which failed to score Karim Benzema.
200 - Philippe Louis held the 200th match for Atletico in Example.
31 - Leo Messi managed to score 22 goals for 31 games against Athletic and give 9 assists.
22 - Isco took part in 22 goals in Real Madrid in the last 20 games (13 goals + 9 assists).
2 - Getafe scored 10 of his 13 goals in the second half.
9 - Malaga only in the 10th round achieved the first victory of the season.
9 - Dzadza scored 9 goals for Valencia this season - more than for all time in West Ham (8).
Attendance:.
Match Result Attendance Alaves - Valencia 1: 2 18 638 Atletico - Villarreal 1: 1 61 421 Athletic - Barcelona 0: 2 43 570 Sevilla - Leganes 2: 1 32 097 Getafe - Sociedad 2: 1 11 010 Girona - Real Madrid 2: 1 13 382 Eyber - Levante 2: 2 5 131 Malaga - Celta 2: 1 19,541 Espanyol - Betis 1: 0 17,856 Las Palmas - Deportivo 1: 3 14 805 Bold marked with the minimum and maximum values ??of the table.
Tour questions:.
Humor of the week:.
We apologize, but this week humor is concentrated exclusively on Madrid Real. And here there is no question of bias, just such are the tendencies.
Maybe it's time to focus exclusively on football?.
Madrid ship goes to the bottom.
Is not it funny? Even Cristiano cries, but hardly from laughter.
Protection of Real Madrid in this season.
So this is what they are doing in Real Madrid.
Briefly about the match Girona - Real Madrid.
Girona just does not give up.
In, we shall have a rest from Real. Mark Andre ter Stegen this season.
Without many words.
Florentino, how does Benzema play this season?.
Kings are defeated.
Okay, the last thing about Real Madrid. Cristiano saw the standings.
Sorry, could not resist. -7, it turns out, not yet the ceiling.
Standings:.
# 31 OCTOBER 2017 AND H H P ZAR A DIFFERENCE 1 Barcelona 10 9 1 0 28 3 25 28 2 Valencia 10 7 3 0 27 11 16 24 3 Real Madrid 10 6 2 2 19 9 10 20 4 Atletico 10 5 5 0 15 6 9 20 5 Sevilla 10 6 1 3 11 9 2 19 6 Villarreal 10 5 2 3 16 11 5 17 7 Leganes 10 5 2 3 9 5 4 17 8 Betis 10 5 1 4 19 18 1 16 9 Real Sociedad 10 4 2 4 21 20 1 14 10 Espanyol 10 3 4 3 9 12 -3 13 11 Getafe 10 3 3 4 13 11 2 12 12 Levante 10 2 6 2 11 13 -2 12 13 Girona 10 3 3 4 11 15 -4 12 14 Celta 10 3 2 5 19 16 3 11 15 Athletic 10 3 2 5 10 12 -2 11 16 Deportivo 10 3 2 5 13 19 -6 11 17 Eibar 10 2 2 6 5 22 -17 8 18 Las Palmas 10 2 0 8 8 25 -17 6 19 Malaga 10 1 1 8 6 21 -15 4 20 Alaves 10 1 0 9 4 16 -12 3 Schedule for the next round:.
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