Marcelo Vieira

Madrid has two games in the Champions League, two victories were totaled and the two best games of the Mourinho era. And, without being as flashy as against Ajax, Auxerre before has been seen to Madrid with better automation in attack and suffocating pressure. Two keys to the white set was lord and master of the ball for nearly the entire game.

At times the pace was tiring as in the past, and there were even times when the meringues lost control, but there were phases without being bright football had not been in the league. Still, the victory was hard and at times appeared again the specter of 0-0, but Di Maria took care of it away and fifteen minutes late with a goal electrical and late in leaving Real Madrid as group leader six points and six classification very well on track. And it seems that other pita Madrid in the Champions League Mourinho.

Much angered Mourinho himself in the press conference before the match because he had not been asked about the starting lineup against Auxerre. One might think that the pressure was not reached excellence, but the fact is that the Luso was kept several letters on the sleeve besides the holding of Benzema.

And the main one was the change of system, abandoning its traditional 4-2-3-1 to a 4-3-3 formation which had only previously implemented against Standard Liege, and not always with good results. Benzema himself with Higuain and Ronaldo leading the trident formed, while the core remained in the hands of Lass, Xabi and Khedira, forming a pint trivote had anything but offensive. However, despite the novelty of the system and defensive appearance, the truth is that the white set unfolded perfectly.

Real Madrid failed to soak up all the ‘spirit of Ajax’ and was far from perfect machine Guardiola, but the fact is that if I opened a gap with respect to parties like Levante, Espanyol and Real Mallorca. Especially in the first half.

And is that with the exception of the last minutes of the first part where Auxerre stretched a little more, throughout the first chapter of the meeting could see a mother who knew moving without the ball between the lines, which combined the first touch, with highly mobile between the three attackers, with midfielders coming from behind, and Marcelo Arbeloa and incorporated more to attack than in the other six previous games combined.

In short, a Madrid ordered, even though the rest left unchecked, it gave a sense of knowing what to do with the ball and did give the feeling of playing football despite being faced with a rival enclosed as previous matches. And of that good work came out very clear chances before the break.

As a shot from Higuain to a corner kick that took Chafni the goal line, an inmate of a very active Lass did not complete successfully, a non-joint after a bad shot Pipita of outstanding Marcelo, or a volley of Brazilian full-back himself after a change of band Xabi book, but stopped Sorin. However, the lack of scoring again seemed unresolved for whites (now purple) even though he had made good progress in other aspects.

Auxerre for their part, after an enthusiastic start, only approached Casillas’ goal before the break through set pieces, as in the case of Ndinga, whose header from Pedretti center left licking the post midway through the first part. However, the white set would not let him get closer. And that is suffocating pressure field Gallo worked perfectly, with Xabi, Khedira and Lass had recovered hundreds (perhaps thousands) of balls in the attacking only the first part.

And this script was maintained after passage through the locker room. While it is true that the plot was identical, the story faded in intensity without becoming tedious, perhaps the result of fatigue. And perhaps for that reason, Mourinho decided to exit the talented Özil instead of a proactive and participatory Benzema at ten minutes after the restart. And midway through the first part was the victim Lass to enter the field Di Maria, proving the traditional 4-2-3-1 system.

So far, only Higuain on a rebound by the Madrid and Jelen Auxerre by a counterattack had failed to move the mail. And the truth is that the entry of Di Maria, the party became electric, to say something crazy, with both teams poured into attack. A Higuain lacked inch hole in his boot for a goal-kicking center of Argentina’s own end.

And shortly after Pepe mark almost headfirst into his own net Traore center had it not been for the bottom left corner of the goal of Casillas. It was in this exchange of blows ended where the balance falling to the side merengue. It was at a Özil side that failed to finish Higuain ten minutes from time. Di Maria, who had participated in almost all white played since he left, caught the loose ball inside the area and with his left impaled on goal.

French Table complained Ramos involuntary hand at the beginning of the play, but no one could prevent the Argentine draw with your fingers the traditional heart with which he celebrates his goals. A heart that has led to bookmark the evident superiority over the field, and a heart that gives life to this Madrid in the Champions League. A Madrid which, while not brilliant, now finally it has worked well on grass as on the scoreboard.

The Real Madrid was not a draw in their visit to the City of Valencia despite being infinitely better than a lift which was dedicated to defending and little else. The lack of speed in the final meters, the low use of the bands and the alarming failures in front of goal condemning a team who failed to beat the team with the lowest budget of the Liga.

The meeting began with a domineering mother, with seventy percent of possession, but with too much play in the middle. Cristiano Ronaldo and Di Maria opened the field, but shut themselves what the play always looking inward. Özil, meanwhile, moved freely and was always looking for the ball, but missed the mobility of their peers to brighten the last pass.

The Levante is dedicated to defending and Casillas saw the game as a spectator. Merengue goalkeeper did not have to work throughout the first half. Neither he nor the defenders, who lived the first 45 minutes with a peace offensive.

So, the opportunities were happening. Higuain had a clear, impressive Reina cleared a header from Cristiano and Sergio Ramos were surprised by the left to finish topping over the bar. There were occasions, but the goal did not arrive and Real Madrid players were going to break LEMANT not go beating its rival.

After the break, Nacho Gonzalez had to leave your site to Rubén Suárez, as granota midfielder was injured and could not continue in the field.

The change had no impact on the game. The Madrid kept sending and the Levant continued fighting back with the team, waiting for the miracle hanging the bar.

We came to sixty Mourinho decided to put a pair of revolting against the lack of scoring. Di Maria and stripped to give input Özil Pedro Leon and Benzema. Before that, Higuain forced a penalty that would not draw the referee.

Pedro León took four minutes to enjoy their first time. The Murcia volley finished off a great center of Marcellus from the left. The ball whistled just wide.

Benzema also had a couple of chances, but luck was not in front of goal. Arrivals passed and were still resounding failures, especially as it was Higuain in 93 ‘, who wanted to haggle over the goalkeeper when the easiest thing was to top off first.

In the end, 0-0 and immense happiness to the Levant, which was much lower, but he came to take a point which can be gold at the end of the season.

When the good football does not appear, nothing better than a help to open a party arbitration. And that also applies to Real Madrid, the favorite to win 36 of the 38 meetings that the calendar will mark in the Liga. Just before the forces are matched Barcelona and Espanyol on Tuesday received, another Catalan team in order to re-taste. That he had forgotten in Anoeta against Real Sociedad, days later to show off against Ajax in this scenario, the Santiago Bernabeu.

And the good football was missing when the clock maracas 27 minutes the first half. Whites are entangled with their own limitations and Espanyol had no problems its risky visit to the Spanish capital. Maybe that was the reason why the enviable eye was intentional Clos Gómez casual hand of Luis Garcia in the area of Kameni. So, probably driven by the context, what another mortal claimed not charge: penalty.

That hypothesis, that the judge has been under pressure from the local public sanction when deciding something as nonexistent as “staggering if one considers that neither the stands shouted merengue penalty. Of course, nobody saw it. But how much could be imported that to Cristiano Ronaldo? How much? If you just want the Portuguese was to end the goal drought (the goal in Anoeta officially gave it to Joe.)

The answer is ‘nothing’. Twice ‘nothing’, because the astro luso had run twice the maximum penalty for an invasion of the area. Ball to the right, left Cameroon goalkeeper, and 1-0. Espanyol-eroded by low Javi Márquez, Dátolo, De la Peña, among others, would not be comparsa team Jose Mourinho, even when a gross error of judge Josep Guardiola who once called him a liar, would prejudice well.

That was demonstrated by the team and Mauricio Pochettino when neither lowered his arms. In that first half could match in a move that ended up wasting Verdú. The midfielder received an assist from Sergio Garcia, but does not touch the ball. To spread her legs after a low cross from Luis Garcia, former empowered culé Verdú, who amazingly failed. It was the second clarita for all parrot, which could open the score 0-0 with a shot of Alley-white youth squad that was deflected.

Those who have not seen that first time, that was for the meringues, could see how its development was to hear the music just sounded at the Bernabeu. It was a beautiful melody, nor looked like a harmonica. They were the beeps of the fans, shy but beeps at the end.

In the second half it distorts the game with three ejections. Ujfalusi’s kick Messi is like a toy when compared with Pepe beat now, but the referee only admonished. Three minutes later, the Luso saw red after another entry that awarded him the second yellow. The Madrid was left with one less and seemed about to suffer, because Casillas was again shown to Verdú which is the best goalkeeper in the world with an extraordinary stop.

A Mourinho did not like what was happening in the field, and this sample was heated to Dudek saved all their substitutes. Yes, to M. Diarra moved off the field. But the forcefulness and were glued to save to Real Madrid. The fault, of Cristiano Ronaldo. The figure of the party led to the expulsion of Galan, who entered CR7 but not hard enough to leave the field. Ten against ten and calm for whites.

The Portuguese star was again, this time assisting the hitherto irregular Pipit Higuain. A good command of Christian just against the home side’s second goal. Go to top Argentine and good definition to the output of Kameni: 2-0. If the fans did not have many reasons to cheer on his team, both served Higuain for it. Not for the goal in itself but by the embrace of the striker with Cristiano to dispel rumors.

Eight minutes after the second, at 87, Benzema closed the scoring with the best action of the party by whites. Wall between Marcellus and Lass, French Enabling golazo. Thus the three points of the cast were able to convert capital, creating healthy competition in a staff full of stars.

Although Kameni again CR7 prevent another goal, nothing could do that Portuguese is not the TOP of the meeting. A goal, an assist, continuing danger. Yes, no one will remember the error of Clos Gomez in the first of Madrid. And it is right that it should: to the delight of Mou, a night Cristiano Ronaldo again.

Real Madrid visited Anoeta with two goals: the first win to stay ahead of Barcelona and close to the lead. The second, an image similar to that shown on Wednesday against Ajax. He had wanted to see Özil and Christian, one for his great form and the other to see if still living in a state of anxiety.

So, Martin Lasarte and Jose Mourinho gambled by not making too many changes respcto players who had been playing regularly.

The Royal Society appeared with the starting lineup following: Bravo, Carlos Martinez, Anostegui, Mikel González, De La Bella, Aramburu, Diego Rivas, Xabi Prieto, Zurutuza, Griezmann and Tamudo.

In Madrid, the line was formed by Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Pepe, Carvalho, Marcelo, Xabi Alonso, Khedira, Özil, Di Maria, Cristiano Ronaldo and Gonzalo Higuain.

The match began with a domineering mother, beating the field and looking for the goals. That lasted ten minutes. From there, the team of Mourinho disappeared, I gave three passes followed and was overtaken by a Royal Society that the table merengue goleaba illusion and football. A real X-Files what was happening in Anoeta. How does a team that clearly dominates the mediocrity can pass in a blink of an eye? We do not know. There are questions without answers.

The Real play by play grew to the point of living in the area of Madrid and embarrass one Casillas had been a spectator for the first games of the season. Xabi Prieto drew a wonderful football, failed Griezmann the occasion of his life and Mourinho lost his head, and his players had lost its way incomprehensible.

At Madrid did not come out anything and the men of Martin Lasarte and believed that the male could be possible, but lacked flair murderer in the final meters, just what you have to be overcome to a great white as the Goliath.

At half it was 0-0 with a Madrid thanking you for the result and a Real lamenting wasted opportunities.

In the resumption fulfilled an unwritten law that says if you fail, you end up paying. The home side did not materialize their chances, something he did do Di Maria, who scored a goal spectacularly with his right leg. The noodles get at the peak of the area, cut his man and puts it into the squad with his bad leg. 0-1. Unfair, but that’s football.

The most obvious was that the Madrid reassure the marker for it, but logic does not exist in the white team, which returned to let go, forget the ball and to live inside his camp, not wanting to play and proving that seen against Ajax is closer to a mirage than reality.

Tamudo took the indolence merengue remnant to tie the game in the second suit, a lack batada by Griezmann from the left wing. The draw back to the mail and returned home fans dreaming of a blue and white victory.

The downside is that lady luck was going to ally with Real Madrid. When things were worse, Cristiano launched a foul, the ball hit the back of Pepe and ended in the fleet of the goal defended by Bravo.

The 1-2 was used to Mourinho resultadista rolled out its side. The Portuguese coach took the second goal for his team for input instead of a Lass Özil that was well below the level they showed last Wednesday against Ajax. The Frenchman joined Xabi Alonso and Khedira in a midfield game with more muscle.

The last minutes were used to seeing the same of the previous eighty but with an extra dose of excitement because we were in the final of the encounter as the advantage merengue was very tight.

The Real fans pushed and put the last breath from the stands. Chances came and Saint Casillas wore for the first time this season with a miraculous hand that served to prevent a goal by Griezmann.

The party was crazy and could sentence Madrid in a lethal backlash starring Christian and Higuain. The Argentine missed a hand to hand against Bravo and the Portuguese ran into a defender’s leg when it was sung 1-3.

The tiredness of the players took Martin Lasarte, who died with their boots on, but not strong enough to hurt a mother who knew defense until the final whistle to make three points that can be crucial at the end of temportada.

He won, but again did not like. He won, but until the fans disapproved. Deserved, but far from luxurious or splurge gift fantasy, was low as it has provided to the public, that public hopeful about the arrival of so many players and so many figures.

Real Madrid got three vital points to continue their fight directly with Barcelona but far was to convince themselves strangers. It was 1-0 at Osasuna, adjusted, without ideas, without ideologies, without big plays, not great team play, not much to watch, with a goal by Carvalho who was inspired, decided to move forward in a counterattack by chance was lost and the ball facing the goal.

And the first time was just that. Nothingness itself. No Christian, no Higuain, Benzema Nothing, nothing of the rest, just a little Özil a trickle, no one could really stand out in a set that never functioned as just that, a whole and even worked as an accumulation of turn individuals because they never worked.

In fact, the meringues only had a couple of approaches to the area that they gave Ricardo errors behind thick visitor. Had it not been for that, the stars went unnoticed. Still, with the couple of chances they had, the fans decided to vent the beeps and the whole team suffered a tough censure.

Already in the second 45 minutes the image was intended to be another and in fact was. But not the associated game, not what may appear brighter than the luxuries of a Christian, but because with a little more attitude, had several chances to score and if it were not for the superb performance of Richard the advantage could have been another.

However, the supplement was played with much greater ease. That peace of mind, when Ricardo Carvalho was mainly a rebound given by Ricardo before a face to face with Christian and control the leather back of the net. From there, the meeting was different.

It was another but it was another. The company never existed, not team play, was far from being CR7 CR7. Higuain squandered at least three chances to score and Özil was perhaps the only one who revealed to a Real Madrid that is light years ahead of him who goleaba last season but, of course, has far more strength and suffer fewer encounters.

That was how the game ended. With Iker Casillas who was not part of the game, with Osasuna did not attack and an image to which the fans will get used merengue. He’s gone Pellegrini, Mourinho has come. They’ve gone the goleadas, it is now solid. It beeps are gone and have come applause, applause which have been provided only because the team got the three points as the image provided has been poor.