On the just-concluded Saturday, La Liga ushered in a front-line battle, with top Real Madrid away to fifth-place Villarreal. The "Galactic Fleet" has Vinicius Junior and Casemiro returning and starting as the starters, but the "French gang" Benzema and Ferran Mendy continue to be absent, coupled with the Champions League support next week, Ancelotti sent Federico Valverde as the starting starter, giving Modric a break, Bale re-starter and cameo forward many months later, and the captain Marcelo replaced Felan Mendy as a left-back.
In the first half of this battle, Real Madrid and the Copa del Rey defeated Bilbao similarly, many of the team's simple passing coordination has made mistakes, Bale, Federico Valverde and Asensio are difficult to enter, making Real Madrid quite suppressed and passive in the first 45 minutes, except for Casemiro's accurate long pass to find Bale who successfully broke through the offside, but the single knife was blocked by Jerónimo Rulli, who performed heroically in this battle, the rest were only some long-range shots that scratched their boots. The offensive performance is not sharp enough, the defense is even more noisy, the team on the right side has been repeatedly attacked by the "yellow submarine" group attack, Carvajal although tired of running, but still able to maintain the team's right side of the gap, on the contrary, Marcelo one-on-one against Villarreal's Samuel Chukueze was given a demand, even if the left wing Vinicius Junior is diligent in defending back and Alaba often pinches, there is still no change in the fact that the team's left side defense is unstable, if it is not the goalpost guard and Courtois, Carvajal and Eder Militang have a good performance, The team may be the one to lose in the first half.
After half-time, Real Madrid did not make a move, but the performance was changed, and the pressing became positive, with Federico Valverde and Asensio being the most prominent. The team's return to dominate the game also allowed Vinicius Junior and Bale to get better chances to break the goal, even Marcelo, who suffered from losses in the first half, also frequently dared to press the opponent's heartland, Real Madrid's intensive attack, but reduced Samuel Chukueze's threat to the team's left side, Real Madrid's pair of central defenders Eder Militan and Alaba have a lot of attacking shots. Real Madrid showed a lack of desire for victory in the first half in the second half, which set off a small climax at the end of the game, substitute Hazard's brilliant pass created a one-handed chance for Luka Jovic, but because Luka Jovic was limited by speed, resulting in the shooting space being narrowed, the shot was blocked and the shooting center post popped up, Nacho's supplementary shot was protected by the opposing player, and finally the two sides shook hands 0-0, and Real Madrid failed to return in the Villarreal home stadium for five seasons. Coupled with the fact that Sevilla, who are in second place, successfully won three points earlier, real Madrid's advantage at the top of the table was reduced to four points.
As a battle before the rekindling of the Champions League war, the Performance of real horses in the attack and instability of the half was disappointing, but it was happy to see that there was a substantial improvement after the half-time adjustment, if it were not for the brave state of Jerónimo Rulli, Real Madrid should be able to take all three points, but at the same time it also reflected the lack of grasp of the team during Motoma's recovery, and only one goal could be scored in the last three games. And this battle can see the problem of the poor state of some Real Madrid players, first of all, marcelo, who makes real Madrid fans heartbroken, the 33-year-old captain's strength has seriously declined, both in attack and defense can not keep up with the rhythm of the team and opponents, this game is more repeatedly "framed" Courtois, another Brazilian player Rodrigo is also depressed, only about 15 minutes on the game but frequent mistakes, is the current Hazard more worth a little more time to play?
But the highlight of this battle was Federico Valverde, who had not started for a long time, who had a good performance at both ends of the attack and defense, and a successful steal almost assisted Vinicius Juniol's goal, and Federico Valverde played a wonderful performance against Paris in the Champions League group stage two seasons ago, so Federico Valverde became a real Madrid all the way in the Champions League knockout round, and Bale had signs of courage, in the case that Luka Jovic was not happy. Bale's ability to grab points and shoot long-range goals will help Real Madrid change the tide of the game, and Ferran Mendy and Benzema have been retrained, believing that Real Madrid will have a powerful battle with Paris, which has many problems.