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Real Madrid will take over advantage over the Santiago Bernabeu, after defeating Ajax 2-1 in a match where they fought for important roles and thanked the VAR for its controversial intervention.
It was the locals who took the brightest start, forcing Madrid to make regular mistakes at the back with extremely effective pressure.
They were also easy on the ball and had a great chance to score after 25 minutes when Dusan Tadic was notified by the opposing goalkeeper. He had done well to retain Sergio Ramos, who only slammed the crossbar.
And they thought they got their fair reward with an opening score in the 39th minute, when Nicolas Tagliafo led the ball after a flapsterclbad of Thibaut Courtois.
However, controversial, VAR helped Courtois and company, dismissing Tadic's goal and / or a very marginal offside – both were at best a stretch and neither one neither were "clear and obvious" as mantra dictates.
Inevitably, the Dutch were caught off guard in the second half, when Vinicius Jr. made a brilliant pbad to the wing, controlling the ball solidly, before going into the goal and unchecking Karim Benzema, who hit the net steal a crucial goal.
If it's an interference, maybe. If this is excluded, an example of mission slips that makes VAR nonsense, and further evidence that the offside rule as it is currently used is nonsense.
– Rory Smith (@RorySmith) February 13, 2019
Hakim Ziyech seemed to have deserved a deserved draw to the Amsterdam-based team in the 75th minute after a David Neres' ball squared, but his replacement, Marcos Asensio, broke his heart at the Johan Cruyff Arena with a touchdown from ball in the 87th minute to give an unlikely win. .
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Key discussion point
What else is there to talk about except the VARse? The team of Erik Ten Hag had been spectacular during this first half and deserved to open the scoring. But they were denied a piece of history – the first time VAR had refused / canceled a goal in the Champions League – and that was at least dubious.
Oh, and just to dirty the wounds, it took centuries. Years in fact. We are now in 2082 and, yes, the Rolling Stones are still on tour.
Fortunately, they did not let it take over and rallied after the visitors scored the opening scoring to win what would have been a stalemate more than worthy. Less rewarding, it was in vain, as Asensio slipped to death.
Player ranking
Beginning XI: Onana (7); Mazraoui (7), Ligt (7), Blind (7), Tagliafico (7); De Jong (7), Schone (6), van de Beek (7); Ziyech (8), Tadic (8), Neres (7).
substitutes: Dolberg (6)
MAN OF STARS – Ziyech took his goal with a proper calm, and Neres was a threat to Dani Carvajal's side all night, but it must be Dusan Tadic.
Hakim Ziyech and Dusan Tadic made four starts each in the first half against Real Madrid, one more than Real (3).
Dancing their way through the visitors defense. pic.twitter.com/MeJE1TXFVB
– Squawka Football (@Squawka) February 13, 2019
The former Southampton playmaker played a decisive role for his team, on and off the ball, especially in the first period. One wonders why the saints sold it in the first place – they could certainly use it right now.
Worst player – It would be a hard mark to give any Ajax player on this field, but that will replace Kasper Dolberg, for having a big chance in the 92nd minute, in the arms of this troubled goalkeeper .
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Key discussion point
Above all, there was talk of a real resurgence and the possibility for them to record a fourth consecutive unprecedented triumph in this tournament, against all odds of a dreadful start to the season.
And all these discussions seemed scandalous in the first half where they were pretty dominated. But since it was the Champions League and all, and considering that this competition had belonged to them for four of the past five years, they would not let it lose it, would they?
As it is so often, it was not particularly pretty or justified, but Real will return to the Bernabeu with a health benefit and a gleam in the eyes.
Player ranking
Beginning XI: Courtois (4); Carvajal (6), Nacho (6), Sergio Ramos (6), Reguilon (6); Kroos (7), Casemiro (7), Modric (7); Bale (5), Benzema (8), Vinicius (8 *).
substitutes: Asensio (7), Vazquez (6).
MAN OF STARS – The last few weeks have been spent on two men – Vinicius Jr. and Karim Benzema. The Frenchman was in the form of electric goal, and showed that again tonight, but it was the Brazilians who shone the strongest.
The skillful and skilful control he showed to drop Sergio Reguilon's probe ball into the opening game of the 31-year-old was the skill of this round till now , and his coolness afterwards was not so bad either.
Worst player – Who else than the old man agitated Chelsea. Of course, it did not cost his team at the end, but if Vinicius showed all the skill of the round, the Belgian dropped the biggest threat.
I'm still not sure how he got there. An embarrbading one, but fortunately for him it was only his ego that was affected, not the score.
Look to the front
Real Madrid will face Girona and Levante in La Liga before getting ready for two El Clasicos against Barcelona – the second leg of their semifinal Copa del Rey and a potentially decisive title clash – before meeting Ajax in the capital. for this second step.
Ajax, meanwhile, has three fairly negotiable links with Eredivisie to play, although he's in a similar cut, with a semi-final against Feyenoord.
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