DBasia.news – Instead of bringing three points from Villareal home in the 17th week of LaLiga, Real Madrid only achieved one point on Friday (4/1), not the expected the beginning.
Two Villareal goals presented by former Arsenal player, Santi Cazorla. Meanwhile, three Madrid goals were scored by Karim Benzema and Raphael Varane. The result was really disappointing.
No wonder, Madrid dominated the ball possession 54:46, releasing 14 shots and 7 on target, but could only score two goals. Meanwhile, the two kicks from Villareal resulted in two goals.
Ironically, for the second goal of Cazorla with 1,68m height, Madrid got penetrated from the heading of the 34-year-old player.
As a matter of fact, when Cazorla entered from the second line of the penalty box, there were three (four including Thibaut Courtois) Madrid players, Sergio Ramos (1,84 meter), Isco (1,76 meter), Marcelo (1,74 meter), and Courtois (1,99 meter).
From that statistic, it could be seen that there were three players around Cazorla. Marcelo should be faster to block Cazorla or Isco who guarded him because Ramos had no idea of Cazorla’s coming.
The bad defense coordination should be evaluated by Santiago Solari for the upcoming match against Real Sociedad on the 18th-week of LaLiga on Monday (7/1).
Gareth Bale’s Injury
Furthermore, Real Madrid’s unfortunate situation is getting bigger because Gareth Bale got injured for the 14th time. He often gets injured.
Once got a muscle injury, Bale who played well and brought Madrid winning the 2018 Club World Cup on December must absent.
Bale was substituted by Isco in the second half. The examination hasn’t announced. If it’s serious, he might be absent for a long time and replaced by Marco Asensio or Vinicius Junior.