Alexander Puzik sums up the second round of the championship of Spain.
VAR helped the arbiter to make the right decisions in two matches, Real Madrid achieved the first crushing victory of the season, Barcelona in a terrible lawn hard to beat Valladolid, Atletico modestly defeated Rayo, Valencia lost the chance to Espanola, Benzema completed the double, Cazorla again played for Villarreal, Betis again could not win - about this and much more in the results of the second round of the Spanish Examples.
Tour results:.
SPAIN. LA LIGA, 2 TOUR 24 AUGUST 2018 21:15 Getafe 2: 0 Eyber 23:15 Leganes 2: 2 Real Sociedad AUGUST, 2018 19:15 Alaves 0: 0 Betis 21:15 Atletico 1: 0 Rayo Vallecano 23:15 Valladolid 0 : 1 Barcelona 26 AUGUST 2018 19:15 Espanyol 2: 0 Valencia 23:15 Sevilla 0: 0 Villarreal 23:15 Girona 1: 4 Real Madrid 27 AUGUST 2018 21:15 Levante 1: 2 Celta 23:00 Athletic 2: 2 Huesca When will we see real Barcelona?.
If Barcelona did not surprise in the first round, then in the second round it disappointed. Fans in every duel of "blue-pomegranate" expect that they will turn on their screens and magic will begin to occur on the field, which was so typical of Barcelona of past seasons (except the previous one), but so far. Really the coaching staff did not draw any conclusions after the mistakes of last season?.
Valverde can still be given credit for only one act - an attempt to move to a more attacking scheme - 4: 3: 3. This is really his only merit. But for now even this does not work. Let's get to the match. In the first half in favor of Barcelona said only one thing - the overwhelming advantage in possession of the ball. Catalans controlled the ball 75% of the playing time, but the benefit from this was minimal. Valladodil even managed to snap and, following the results of the first half, dealt as many strokes on target as the champion, namely, two.
In the second half, the "blue-pomegranate" still squeezed a modest opponent, after which the team did not try to score the second and close the game, and in the best traditions, Atletico sat on the defensive and allowed the opponent to create some very dangerous moments. Is this a modern championship game? Yes, some will write such football on the disgusting state of the lawn, and they will surely be right. But only partly. You can not turn a blind eye to the game of Barcelona and blame the whole lawn. Nobody argues that holding matches of this level in this field is complete idiocy, but let's be objective and look at the situation from different sides.
Claims on the outcome of the meeting can not be only to Sergi Roberto and Mark Andre ter Stegen. Dembele, despite his winning goal, continues to "please" his technique. It seems that the Frenchman can not cope with his fast feet and simply relies on the will of the case. Leo, although trying to revive the game, but most of the match was on the field on foot. Suarez. Was Louis playing at all? It is better to give Muniru a chance already. Players of the second line also played much lower than their capabilities. But tsentrbeki is generally a disaster. Valladolid last 20 minutes did what he wanted and completely deserved a goal. And even scored it, but here the guests were fairly saved by VAR.
"We do not yet know what the consequences will be caused by the VAR. I would not want the pace of the game to stop because of this system. The beauty of football - in its high pace and the minimum of stops during matches. Of course, the arbitrators need help, but this should not decisively affect the speed of the game ".
Interestingly, Valverde was very upset when, due to VAR, in the final minutes of the match with Valladolid, the speed of the game fell?.
It's not necessary to build illusions after the devastating victory of Real Madrid Real revenge Girona for last year's defeat, beating the Catalans with a score of 4: 1. Usually, in such cases they write confidently defeating or defeating, but these words have nothing to do with the game of the Madrid team. If the hosts were a little more experienced and luckier, the first half would end at least with their minimal victory. Look at the first two goals of Real Madrid, which decided the fate of the confrontation. These are two individual mistakes of the extreme defenders of Girona, which led to two penalties. And it's okay the first goal, when mistaken Munez - such moments in football, but the second goal.
It's great that Sacristan trusts the place at the heart of 18-year-old talented defender Per Ponce, but his actions in the episode with the second penalty are a nightmare. The young man correctly chose the position, ahead of Asenio, but instead of a reliable game he tried to outwit Marco and eventually gave him the ball, and after a moment jumped at his feet in his own penalty area. The second goal with nothing, which put an end to all the efforts of Girona. But the further seizures of Bayle and Benzema - this is the class of the team.
Now, let's talk a little bit about the personalities. The first half failed absolutely everything - these 45 minutes were terrible for Real Madrid. Particularly bad were Nacho and Isko. Tsentrbek was mistaken in the transfer, allowed himself to beat and gave inaccurate transfers. In general, Nacho was not like himself. Isko in this respect is different - he was just like a sample of the beginning of the season.
And in the second half the situation did not change - Isko failed the next match. It is interesting that in Zidane's time everyone was criticized by the coach, that Isco does not play in the basis, and now these same people dream that Lopetegi will seat the Spaniard on the bench and return to the basis of Modrica. By the way, that without exaggeration, Isko's brilliant assistant on Beyle does not change the situation - the midfielder does not justify the trust of the coach.
Atletico will not be atletico if he stops winning 1-0 It seemed that after the match with Valencia, Atletico will just release the pair at Vanda Metropolitano and it does not matter who will be the rival (Barcelona and Real Madrid are taken out of brackets). And then the opponent is more than suitable - rookie Rayo Vallecano, who in the last round without a chance in his field lost to Seville (1: 4). But it was not there.
The "mattress" almost nothing happened in the attack - Lemar and Correa were not active enough, and to the Costa and Grismann ball did not reach at all.
Nevertheless, the goal still happened. Grizmann was in the right place at the right time and from a close distance hammered the ball into the goal. Well, guess what happened after that? !! The possession of the ball of the team El Cholo fell from 52% to 33%. Old-good Atletico! Hammered and entrenched.
As a result of the match, you can select only three players - this is Saul, Savich and the Cloud. Goalkeeper at least three times to save his team. Let's hope that the "Indians" are still reeling, but so far to Real Madrid and Barcelona are added and Atletico and ultimately we have that all the contenders for the championship are, to put it mildly, not in their best condition.
Valencia stalled already at the start of the season First away meeting of the future participant of the Champions League and immediately defeat. It feels like the Levantians were not ready for this meeting at all. As if the players were awakened in the middle of the night, brought to the base, conducted a theory, and early in the morning they went to the game. And even on the bus.
And right the match failed young Soler or Mina. Or the newcomers Vass and Piccini. The defender, by the way, gave out just the most terrible duel - he brought in his own gates and in general acted very unsuccessfully. So. And what happened to the leaders? Where were Parejo, Moreno and others?.
Unless Kondogbia periodically tried to turn the game over with his passes. Well, it was not bad. If not for him, then Valencia missed about four.
Marcelino needs to hold a long conversation with the players and find all the reasons for what happened. Ahead of the team struggle for three fronts and with such success "mice" does not expect anything good in any of the tournaments. On the other hand, such a fiasco can only help the team get excited and return to the victorious path.
Tonight from the camp of Valencia came the long-awaited news - "bats" finally agreed with PSG and redemption of Gonzalo Gedesh. The Portuguese maneuvered "Los Ches" in 40 million euros. Marcelino finally got the last important detail of his mechanism.
One line:.
Sevilla and Villarreal fine each other's nerves, but despite a bunch of punches, they could not open an account in a duel. In general, the game was tied, but the guests acted a little sharper.
Betis again could not win. After the humiliating defeat in the first round, "white-green" could not beat Alaves at the exit. Network continues to experiment in the attack, but so far there is no result. But it will not be until the savior named Alexander comes to the team, does not it?.
Leganes scored the first point in the championship - "Pepineros" in his heroic style in the field played off the score 0: 2 in a match against Sociedad. Basques were ruthless in the first half, but in the second half the hosts rightly equalized the score.
Eibar disappointed in the second round. Despite the overwhelming advantage in possession of the ball, the guests did not strike a single shot on goal in 90 minutes, but Getafe got the most out of his moments. As a result, 2: 0 and the first victory of "urban".
Huesca scored points and in the second round. La Liga's debutants managed to get back on track in the match against Athletic from the score 0: 2. While it is Huesca - the main opening of the championship. Well, in Bilbao, we note the debut goal Berciche and the two assistants Inaki Williams.
Celta after a small misfire in the last round in a home match with Hispaniola corrected on the road with the Levante. The victory over the "frogs" seems even more valuable, if you remember how badly the "Celts" played on the road last season. Scored for the guests of Sisto and Gomez. Assisted, by the way, each other, too, these players.
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A terrible fall on the hand of Sergio Escudero:.
Interesting facts of the tour:.
33 - Seville and Villarreal for 33 hit, but the score in the match is so open and was not.
5 - Gareth Bale scored in each of the five previous matches. Examples (6 goals) - his best series.
9 - Valencia allowed Espanol 9 times to break through on goal - worst indicative of the team during the coaching Marcelino.
32 - Karim Benzema scored 32 league teams from La Liga of 33, against whom he had to play (128 goals).
1 - For three games against Real Madrid Girona scored 6 goals.
120 - The trio of defenders Betis - Bartra, Feddal and Mundi - in the first half against Alaves made three 120 passes for the three, which is more than the whole team of the opponent.
1 - In the match against Valladolid, Leo Messi only touched the ball once in the opponent's penalty area.
150 - Gareth Bale scored the 150th goal in his club career.
56 - Sergio Ramos scored the 56th goal in La Liga, which is 25 goals more than any defender in the 21st century.
2016 - The last time Barcelona won on the road with a score of 1: 0 in August 2016 (in a match against Athletic).
2 - Barselona is the only team that has been able to win two first matches of the new season for seven consecutive years.
3 - Barcelona this season earned three points thanks to Usman Dembele, and this is more than last season (1).
19 - Jene received a yellow card at the 19th second of the match - the fastest warning since 2005 (then Pablo Garcia of Real Madrid got a yellow card in the 18th second).
Attendance:.
Stadium Seating Capacity Santiago Bernabeu 81 044 Camp Nou 99,354 Vanda Metropolitano 67,703 Atletico - Rayo Vallecano 1: 0 52,313 77.27% Ramon Sanchez Pisjuan 45,500 Seville - Villarrella 0: 0 35,831 78.75% Estadio de la Seramica 24 890 Anoeta 32 076 San Mames 53 332 Athletic - Huesca 2: 2 36 818 69.04% Cornella El Prat 40 500 Espanyol - Valencia 2: 0 18 714 46.21% Mendizorro? 19 840 Alaves - Betis 0 : 0 18 221 91.84% Ipoorua 7 083 Nuevo Jose Sorrilla 26 212 Valladolid - Barcelona 0: 1 22 651 86.41% Mestalla 55 000 Balaidos 31 800 El Alkoras 5 500 Benito Ilyamarin 54,000 Estadio de Vallecas 15,500 Butareke 10,958 Leganes-Sociedad 2: 2 9,735 88.84% Coliseum Alfonso Perez 17,393 Getafe-Eybar 2: 0 7,851 45.14% Montilivi 13,286 Girona - Real Madrid 1: 4 13 889 ** 104.54% Ciudad de Valencia 26 354 Levante - Celta 1: 2 21 122 80.15% Total spectators:.
237 145 Average Occupancy:.
76.82% ** - Montilivi accommodates less than 13 889 spectators, but according to all official data, so many people visited the match Girona - Real Madrid. Moreover, this figure is the record of attendance for the entire history of the stadium.
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Humor of the week:.
Fans of Real in expectation of a miracle.
Cristiano, come back! In Real Madrid you would definitely score.
Your face when you sit on the bench, and dreamed of playing at the base.
Jordi decided to take a piece to his backyard.
Standings:.
# 28 AUGUST 2018 AND B H N P ZAR A DIFFERENCE About 1 Real Madrid 2 2 0 0 6 1 5 6 2 Barcelona 2 2 0 0 4 0 4 6 3 Sevilla 2 1 1 0 4 1 3 4 4 Espanyol 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 4 5 Athletic 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 4 6 Real Sociedad 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 4 7 Huesca 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 4 8 Celta 2 1 1 0 3 2 4 Atletico 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4 10 Levante 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 3 11 Getafe 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3 12 Leganes 2 0 1 1 3 4 -1 1 13 Villarreal 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 1 14 Valladolid 2 0 1 1 0 1 -1 1 15 Valencia 2 0 1 1 1 3 -2 1 16 Girona 2 0 1 1 1 4 -3 1 17 Alaves 2 0 1 1 0 3 -3 1 18 Betis 2 0 1 1 0 3 -3 1 19 Eybar 2 0 0 2 1 4 -3 0 20 Rayo Vallecano 2 0 0 2 1 5 -4 0 Next tour schedule:.
SPAIN. LA LIGA, 3 TOUR 31 AUGUST 2018 21:00 Getafe -: - Valladolid 23:00 Villarreal -: - Girona 23:00 Eibar -: - Real Sociedad 01 SEPTEMBER 2018 17:15 Celta -: - Atletico 19:30 Rayo Vallecano - : - Athletic 21:45 Real Madrid -: - Leganes 02 SEPTEMBER 2018 13:00 Levante -: - Valencia 17:15 Alaves -: - Espanyol 19:30 Barcelona -: - Huesca 21:45 Betis -: - Sevilla Alexander Puzik, Football. ua Ask the author, as well as express criticism (preferably constructive), you can at the relevant conference of our site.
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