Real Madrid returned to winning tactics and maintained their unbeathed streak in La Liga on Saturday when the whites played to beat Celtic beam at Alfredo Di Stefano Stadium 2-0. Real Madrid arrived with a tie to one on the road. in front of the Elche, a disappointing result given Elche’s position at the table, but which was recovered to sound the new year with an impressive exit.
Manager Zinedine Zidane deployed his team in a four and decided to give Marco Asensio the exit as a component of the offensive trio of the injured Rodrygo. on Marcelo’s left flank. An experienced midfielder at Toni Kroos, Casemiro and Luka Modric hoped to set the tone for the team immediately.
It didn’t happen that way. Instead of. It was a promising start for the away team, as Celta Viga almost came first on the scoreboard when Iago Aspas tried to beat Courtois for a first goal. Nacho was there for recovery and cleared the ball for Madrid to counter fast. the one-on-one area in front of his defender and received a crossed pass in front of a Lucas Vazquez who was waiting for the initial headbutt in the first five minutes of the game, it was an incredibly fast end-to-end move.
The appearance of the house would continue to dominate the left side of the field, with the midfield trio feeding Asensio down the flank and making the defenders pay. Just six rounds with Real Madrid right in front of Celta de Vigo 4-2.
Zidane would continue his initial line-up to start half the moment, without celta de Vigo having done nothing with the ownership he retained, the Madrid steering wheel continued to disturb and dazzle the ball on his side, the dominance of the steering wheel that Saw El Madrid doubled its advantage in the 53rd minute.
A terrible pass from Murillo intercepted through Modric and the ball moved smoothly into Croation’s field at Casimero, Vázquez, Asensio for Real Madrid’s moment goal.
The purpose would feed The Whites as the game progressed, Karim Benzema achieved almost a third purpose for the hosts with Modric and Kroos tying to feed Benzema on purpose, however, his touch tickled just a few centimetres from the post of the moment when the game clock exceeded the hour.
Zidane would begin subtracting his MVP from the attack while Asensio, Kroos, Modric and others repositioned with the last fifteen minutes remaining. Eden Hazard played in Asensio’s position, going on to depend on his minutes of the last match.
In the end, it did not matter whether Madrid saw the ball less, Celtic with 59% possession, because after scoring so early, Madrid would concentrate on preserving their advantage and did well to disrupt the midfield and create counter-attack scenarios that would lead to a series of good occasions in front of the goal.
Nacho, Real Madrid: The central defender had a great day behind for Sergio Ramos. He led the motion for the first purpose with the authorization of him in the line of purpose, and guilty for a moment of avoiding the block in the direct to remain a blank page for Los Blancos. Rating: 8
Marco Asensio, Real Madrid: he has returned to education and has shown why he has a normalcy with Zidane at the moment. He completely ruled the left wing, leaving Celta de Vigo unanswered. He assisted Madrid’s first goal and scored the second. Rating: 9
Toni Kroos, Real Madrid: The midfielder with the maximum touches in the first half for Real Madrid, a risk on the ball against Celta de Vigo. And he’s not conservative on the ball either, as he always sought to bond with his attackers. Rating: 8. 5
Luka Modric, Real Madrid: Midfielder Croation had a wonderful game for Los Blancos as a facilitator and generator. He did well to protect against the attempted attack of the Celta de Vigo and to engage with his headbutt. Rating: 8. 5
The 2-0 win means that Real Madrid, however, take the sensibleest place in the standings after weeks of chasing Atletico Madrid. He is in first place with 36 points, just one point ahead of his Crosstown rivals who have 35. Take a look at your position next week when you face Osasuna on January 9 on El Sadar Road.
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