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(Paola Núñez, correspondent) – Real Madrid ended up in Rome with a 0-2 win to secure their place in the group's first round.
When nobody expected it. When everyone gave it to finish. The more he was criticized for the very fictional "lack of commitment". When half of Madrid demanded his deportation to the Premier League or elsewhere, Gareth Bale has cleared the way for Real Madrid.
Gareth Bale took advantage of a Roma gift to win a victory that could secure him first place in his group and, thus, pave the way for a possible end. If between now and February, when the round of 16 is played, the merengue team manages to meet.
Roma and Real Madrid started the match knowing that both in the round of 16 after Pilsen's victory over CSKA Moscow. However, the first place was at stake. The difference between them facing the second round against the "contenders" Manchester City, Juventus or Barcelona, or avoid them.
And Real Madrid is not for big challenges. Whether with Solari or his predecessor, it is increasingly difficult to sort and sort his ideas. Each time, it generates less and gives more. They have – sometimes – the courage that Solari asked for and few other things.
But arrests are not everything.
In 45 minutes, Madrid could not do the least damage possible in the goal of Rome. An interesting movement here and there of Kroos. A career from Basel to nowhere. Another of Lucas Vázquez, eager to show his value as the most. But Madrid has generated little regular play, no matter how difficult it was to break through. Look for triangulation.
Desperate Bale, Marcelo and Lucas, trying to get the ball into the area as it should. More Benzema, with the heavy task of having to respect an unusual quota of scorers; an extra burden to his usual work in creation and all this for the foolishness of not finding him a quality partner.
Kroos desperate, that nothing else will find the pair. Or Modric, the only moderately dangerous with his shots from outside the area. It is true that Rome has closed the ranks behind. But Madrid theoretically has the potential to open any defense. He did not have it for the first time.
Back, a disaster. No defensive player has delivered the ball to a danger zone. Luck helped them; the umpteenth ball deviated by a few millimeters and Courtois's reflexes. Also the lack of experience of the Rome attack. Without injured ElShaarawy, no Roma striker is over 22 years old. And it was noticed. The talent they have. But not the fang that exceeds the merengue game. Something as simple as raising your head to shoot. So many people went to Ünder – in addition to having sent a ball to paradise with Courtois virtually canceled.
And this same luck, combined with the lack of experience of the Romans, with the exception of the day for Madrid and lightened the burden of Basel.
Olsen's bad pass ended in a counter-attack and sublimated by the & # 39; 11 & # 39 ;, which was where it needed to be and which held everything that was possible to shoot, without involving moved which gave 0 minutes to two minutes. from the second part started.
Ten minutes later, luck still smiled on the meringues when a center found Bale open, center that allowed Benzema, a few meters from the door, to complete the feat. One point had to count like a missed opportunity, but then appeared Lucas Vázquez, already encumbrado in the strong man of Solari to complete the attack before the reputed Isco or Asensio. The Galician had only to push the ball to put the 0-2 and finish saving the day. And probably the season.
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