1-0: Without Silva there is no paradise

If not Silva there is no paradise. One of the worst versions of Real all season fell with the whole team and served as aspirin for a Valencia in a depressive picture that has gone five months without a win. A victory in six games since the injury in Gran Canaria confirms, on the one hand, the unquestionable hope in the magician and, on the other, the annual collapse when Real is closer to the lead. And despite everything, despite adding only four points in 12 against four affordable rivals on paper such as Valladolid, Espanyol, Celta and Valencia, Real continues in third, although it has fallen asleep on the mattress which it did after the World Cup.

This is an ineffective and dysfunctional Real throughout the game. He didn’t create chances, he couldn’t develop his football and he wanted all the players who made him better this season: Brace, hut, Sorloth, Merino… Decided own goal from zubeldia in an unfortunate play, but this Real does not work when the decisive moment of the season comes.

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Too bad the txuri urdin squad didn’t even have a burst of pride at the end of the game to look for the heroic. The bank doesn’t offer too many solutions either. imanol he was even left with a change to make. This Real has only offered arguments to believe in this campaign and the previous ones, but it cannot allow this bleeding to continue. And to put candles so that his soccer shaman will return as soon as possible, Silva.

a change

Imanol chose to continue with his first ‘eleven’ despite the strange ending of last week’s game against Celta, with only one variant: the introduction of Mikel Merino through Asier Illarramendi. The most noticeable thing, however, is the presence of barrenetxea as right back, despite having two specific numbers Alone and gorosabel in the announcement. La Real premiered its orange shirt at the Mestalla, but it did not reveal any of its virtues, instead it was from the beginning the tasteless fruit that sometimes comes to the table.

The thickness was marked by 45 minutes of cheapness by a Real, who were also damaged at halftime by another unfortunate own goal, penalties for a sloppy first half, mistakes, small football and a non-existent midfield . Brace he has yet to get over the ‘shock’ of his dismissal at the Camp Nou and, at the moment, Merino He is years away from being the ‘best player in the League’ that his coach painted him as before his injury, although he has become less. They appeared little and only zubimendi He holds the distribution flag with some standards and is released by the rival, although he also does not find teammates to deliver the ball. In addition, the early yellow he saw caused him to have to curb his aggressiveness when it came to recovery.

In this situation, Valencia gradually grew around the ball and from a solid defense, to come out with daggers like Linen and Castillejo. It seems oyarzabal was the only one to plug into the attack, although it also exited immediately. The captain in the absence of illarramendi tried to surprise with a hard shot with almost no angle from the band, but ran into a giant Mamardashvili, which he managed to clear. I tried before too Rich.

Zubeldia’s own goal

Saturday night at the Mestalla took place between yawns. Almost nothing happened. La Real did well in the initiation, but up front they got all their decisions wrong. hut He did not specify anything how he started and Sorloth He was subdued by the centrals and a referee who whistled everything against him. And in this situation came a first instance of mushwho shot high, and the deadly counter that ended 1-0, the work of zubeldia for own purposes.

It all started with an absurd loss of hut due to a bad delivery near the portal of a Valencia, who mounted a brilliant counter. Linen found the back of a lost person easily barrenetxea and his ball is half a goal. The doubt of zubeldiathe least guilty, try to remove at the risk of own goal or let it pass to finish at will It’s difficult. ‘Option A’ blew up in his face.

VAR canceled the penalty

The second part started with Alone and there is fear in which the man from San Sebastian is the unintended opponent, a replacement of barrenetxea. In another match well mounted by Valencia and weakly defended by Real, Hugo Hard pitifully threw himself away earlier Alone and the referee got hurt and called a penalty. VAR, logically, corrected him.

La Real has become somewhat naturalized by reverting to 4-4-2 and a Merino toned looking for intentional deep balls. Le Normand came close to scoring from a corner, but Valencia continued to damage the counter. remiro saved from 2-0 with a handball save on a kick from Castillejowhich was tried twice.

imanol tried to stir up the hornet’s nest by pulling out Carlos Fernandez and illarra for some it is very dull hut and Brace. But, far from regaining control of the game, Real lost again and Valencia grabbed the second with a shot from Vazquez which repels Remiro and another of the Linenbounce Alonewho spat out the stick.

With everything lost, La Real launched a chaotic attack in which they did not know how to create a dangerous chance. It is a very unedifying Real until the last of the seven minutes of the discount. Orange alert.