In the 23rd round of La Liga, Real Madrid defeated Granada 1-0. In this way, Real Madrid fans are still quite dissatisfied with the performance of their own striker Jovic, who is extremely lazy on the field when he comes on as a substitute. Not only was he unwilling to follow his teammates to strengthen the frontcourt, but his shots were weak and weak. In this regard, many La Liga fans sighed: no wonder Ancelotti would rather use a frontless position than give him a chance, this performance is too bad.
With the injury of main striker Benzema, the media generally believed that Ancelotti would reuse Jovic. After all, there are only three main Indian strikers in the Real Madrid team, and Jovic's ability and overall performance are still slightly better than Mariano, who has never been able to integrate into the system. Otherwise, Zidane would not have insisted that Real Madrid sign him for 60 million euros.
However, Carlo Ancelotti did not do so, and the Real Madrid boss opted for a frontless position: Asensio, Isco and Rodrigo took the lead, with Isco playing the role of pseudo-number nine. Due to the lack of run-in, this improvised patchwork of "tridents" is somewhat weak in attack. Because of this, Real Madrid lost 0-1 to Athletic Bilbao in the Copa del Rey quarter-final and then eliminated miserably. At that time, many fans complained: Obviously Jovic is not used, and An Fat is going to repeat the mistake of not rotating and losing the championship?
Faced with questions from the media and fans, Ancelotti was unmoved. In this round of La Liga against Granada, he once again lined up without a front. Like the previous remake of Athletic Bilbao, Real Madrid's frontless formation could not penetrate the opponent's iron barrel formation. Seeing this, Ancelotti finally wavered: in the 64th minute of the game, Jovic replaced Isco.
I thought that replacing Jovic with this fresh force could improve the quality of Real Madrid's attack, but I did not expect to pull my crotch instead. At the top of the front, he has a lazy attitude and rarely takes the initiative to run. As for the one-in-two chances, it is even more difficult to chase. Teammates managed to jam a threatening ball, and Jovic's feeble shot was comparable to an opponent's clearance. Seeing this, Real Madrid fans suddenly realized: this product is really not good to play ah, on him is like playing one less person, no wonder An Fat would rather use a frontless front.
Fortunately, Asensio exploded into the world in the 73rd minute. With this goal, the offensive Real Madrid won 1-0 over Granada. In the case of the 0-0 cold war draw with Osasuna by the top rival Sevilla, it also extended the lead in the La Liga table. With the comebacks of Vinicius and Benzema, the problem of Real Madrid's weakness is expected to be alleviated.
Of course, when some people rejoice, others worry. For Jovic, Benzema's return is clearly not a good thing. After all, he has performed badly during the absence of the French striker, which will inevitably strengthen Ancelotti's determination to abandon himself. So, with Benzema's comeback, Jovic is afraid to continue to sit on the bench. It has to be said that Zidane also has a time to look away. Jovic, who he initially recommended real Madrid to bring in, has become the number one waste in the team.