He had to be the best player on the offensive Real Madrid, who rescued a ship that remained two minutes from sinking this afternoon on the track of the Metropolitan Stadium, where led by Zinedine Zidane rescued a last minute 1-1 draw against Atletico Madrid in the capital derby.
Karim Benzema, Who had missed the last three weeks due to an injury, was in charge of rescue a point from the house of the Mattresses, Who did not know how to settle the duel and paid dearly for the lack of forcefulness in the face of Thibaut Courtois, which was next to the Frenchman, the best presented by the white box.
And I want to add that Benzema’s goal seems to me an absolute genius: driving, passing, triangulation and shooting. An absolute marvel ????pic.twitter.com/ETjEuBMrex
– Mario vi Britannia ⚜️ (@ mariodepor11) March 7, 2021
Those directed by Cholo Simeone they made an almost perfect match. They dominated most of the time, had the clearest plays, defended their frame well and they went ahead of the scoreboard when the clock struck the 15th minute.
Marc Llorente, in a play where he stepped limits of the area, left a ball served to him Luis Suárez in front of the rival goal. The Uruguayan let the ball run, profiled 01:00 with a three-finger right-footed shot he beat the Belgian goalkeeper to make it 1-0 on the Metropolitan marker.
The visitors dominated control of the ball, however they had little imagination and clarity when it came to offending the white and red goal, who lived moments of anguish, when the referee, near the culmination of the first half, checked on the VAR a hand of Philip inside the area, Which in the end was not whistled as a penalty in favor of the visit.
In the second half the tone was similar. Atlético gave the ball to Real and sought to settle the duel through counterattack plays, but still generate, could not resolve at time zeroAs the game started to slip away for fc, the manager decided to change the tactical approach.
And close to regular time, Benzema start an individual play near the crescent. He took out two rivals and already inside the area played for Casemiro which accompanied him on his right side. The Brazilian, despite having the front frame, did not despair, and After 88 minutes, Karim sent a free kick in high over the penalty box.
With this result the Atletico Madrid reached 59 points, Only three difference with the Barcelona which has 56, while the Real Madrid with 54 to narrow the race by the defense of the league championship.
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