Real Madrid’s 1-1 against Athletic Club

This is how Real Madrid players played in their league debut at San Mamés.

moon

sober

After the serious injury of Courtois and awaiting the arrival of Kepa, all the spotlights were on the Ukrainian goalkeeper, who responded to the pressure with a convincing performance and kept a clean sheet from Athletic in the second half.

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carvajal

Diana

San Mamés has not forgotten or forgiven the injury suffered by Yuri on the last day of the League last season and the fans have taken it. He made a mistake at the back without consequence and actively participated in Rodrygo’s 0-1 win.

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military

Injured

Two days after Courtois’ serious injury, Militao set off all the alarms after injuring his left knee in a single game. His tears when leaving the field of play do not foreshadow anything new and ignite psychosis with injuries to the white team.

4

praise

Chief

He hardly suffered in the first half, commanding the ball out and leading the white defense that was well accompanied by Rüdiger in the final siege of Athletic

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fran garcia

Combined

Nico’s left back was overwhelmed only once. He then sealed his band with great authority and gave the white team air with his attacking additions. A lung.

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Valverde

sacrificed

The Uruguayan, from less to more, completed a great performance in San Mamés. He was key without pressing the ball and stepped into offensive zones to accompany the forwards.

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Tchouameni

Pivot

He was chosen by Ancelotti for the position of midfielder at the expense of Toni Kroos and the French responded with a note. He gave meaning to ball circulation without complicating life, he was very attentive in coverage and he got tired of stealing balls.

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Camavinga

Centenary

The young Frenchman has more and more streaks in Madrid and that affects his confidence. Ask for the ball in any position and every time he has more attacks. Physically, a marvel. He played 100 games in the white shirt.

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bellingham

Special

The Englishman had a brilliant LaLiga debut. He increased in defense to steal balls, unbalanced the attack with his quality, power and change of pace and signed his first official goal. It was a nightmare for Athletic and it was intuited that Madrid was completely successful in his signing.

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Vinicius

confused

It took him a while to get into the game because he was still not comfortable playing inside. Vivian won almost all the duels but he grew into the game and almost scored a great goal after a great individual game. From less to more, he has options to score on the counterattack in the second half.

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Rodrygo

Punctual

In addition to opening the can, he was the striker who best defined what the game needed at all times. Appearing inside or out on the wing, he was never identified for the red and white defence.

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Rudiger

plugged in

He replaced Militao with almost no warm-up but he was very bad in the game. He was provincial in several clearances and won all the duels he played.

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Cross

specialist

He came in to slow down the heartbeat of the game and regain Madrid’s control of the ball.

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Joselu

tank

He came on to give Vinicius a break in the 80th minute and was barely able to play,

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Modric

alternative

Starting the season on the bench is unusual for him. It will be important for Madrid but has a more secondary role.