In the 24th round of La Liga, Real Madrid visited the Ceramics Stadium to challenge Villarreal, and the two sides finally shook hands at 0-0. Unexpectedly, however, the two sides played in a completely different momentum in the first and second halves, and the same thing was that the forwards of both teams wasted too many opportunities.
At the beginning of the first half, the yellow submarine was the side with absolute advantage, Lo Celso and others took turns to attack real Madrid's left side defense area, Vinicius as the team's main attacker naturally could not put a lot of energy into the defense, Kroos and Marcelo composed of the left side of the defense was suddenly a mess.
In the second half, Real Madrid, who strengthened the possession of the ball, reversed the situation, Ancelotti shifted the core of the attack to the right side, Asensio and Bale gained a lot of opportunities to enter the box, and Valverde behind him could immediately launch a counterattack after losing the ball, and Real Madrid's tactical changes gained results.
Rodrigo replaced Vinicius, the defense on the left was consolidated, and Jovic's replacement of Bale meant that Ancelotti wanted to break the game through a "real center", after all, Bale and Asensio did waste a few good chances, but it was unexpected that Jovic would do the same. The players had a great one-handed chance to face the goalkeeper in the final stages of the game, Jovic picked it out, the ball hit the post, and Real Madrid ultimately failed to score.
After this game, Real Madrid's need for a real striker was directly amplified, and without Benzema, Vinicius alone could not break through the opponent's defense, and Asensio's left-footed long-range shots were only occasionally inspired, not to mention Rodrigo and Jovic who had not yet played.
Many people will wonder why the top defenders can only sell eight or nine million, while the top strikers have to sell for more than 100 million. I believe that after watching this game, you will also have the answer, no matter how powerful the midfielder and defender, if you can't break the goal and can't win the game, only the goal can win, which is the value that the so-called striker can create for the team.
In the previous two days of paris against Rennes, Mbappe scored a deadlock goal for Paris in stoppage time, and at this moment, are Real Madrid fans looking forward to the arrival of the Frenchman in the summer?
In fact, in the final analysis, in the context of Neymar's frequent injuries and Messi's inability to score goals, Mbappe is the real pillar behind Paris, his fame is not as good as Neymar and Messi, but he has been using goals to help Paris consolidate the lead, Mbappe is the real striker who can really score goals in the current football world, and it is also the piece of the championship puzzle that Real Madrid needs most now.