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da bet7： All summer long we have been waiting for Real Madrid and Zinedine Zidane to fully arrive on the scene.
And so far, five games into the new 2019/20 La Liga season and with the Champions League opener behind us, it’s safe to say that we still haven’t seen them properly. Los Blancos have dropped points in two out of their five games in the Spanish domestic league and have suffered a rather embarrassing defeat in Europe, at the hands of the mighty Paris Saint-Germain.
By all accounts, the Real Madrid revolution has definitely been put on hold, at least for the time being.
But despite the early hiccups, it took Zidane just one game to once again plant the seed of hope into the Madridistas and wash away the outcries of a crisis that were brewing beneath their feet.
The Galacticos’ visit to Sevilla last weekend seemed to have been everything the doctor ordered and more as the merry little squad from the Spanish capital not only managed to avoid defeat at Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan but they also snatched away all three points with a clean sheet on top of it.
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That victory was more than just your ordinary league win, one that Real Madrid would put into their books without breaking a sweat, just like back in the day when they were getting them for fun. Of course, nowadays, and especially this season, every point they tally feels well earned and definitely more important than ever.
And precisely for that reason, that Sevilla clash should definitely be Zidane’s blueprint, his guiding star for the upcoming fixtures that are bound to give Los Blancos a run for their money. First up is Osasuna, and while the newly-promoted side could look like someone Real Madrid can bully and take all the three points from rather easily, looks can definitely deceive.
We don’t have to look much farther than the Galacticos’ arch-rivals, Barcelona.
The Catalans visited Osasuna in Pamplona back on matchday three and after a real rollercoaster of a game, the two sides shared the spoils of war in a 2-2 draw. If anything, Real Madrid must not underestimate their Wednesday opposition. But that’s not the key thing Zidane has to take into that clash. It’s important, of course, but not key.
The key is in Real Madrid riding the Sevilla wave, sticking to their guns and doing what they now know works.
Whether it was a change in tactics, a different kind of pep talk before the game or simply the players finally coming as one and playing on the same page, understanding their coach’s instructions and applying them, something clicked in Andalusia.
For those 90 minutes, even though they were far from perfect, they looked like a team that wanted to win and more importantly, that knew how to.
In the past, this wouldn’t be a surprise. After all, if anyone knows how to win then that’s Real Madrid, right? And having won everything there is to win, it’s also not a surprise they’re experiencing a slight dip.
That game against Sevilla, though, showed that they are a disciplined team that work had in defence, attack with vigour and can stay consistent and focused throughout the whole game.
Interestingly enough, those are some of the exact things that they were struggling with at the very beginning of the campaign and even before that, in pre-season. But now we know they are working on it and they are improving, and it’s already showing in the results.
So the most important thing is to keep the momentum going and not tamper too much with a system that has given Zidane one of his big breakthroughs of the ongoing campaign.
It may not definitely be his perfect formula, considering there are still some players out of commission and some are only just returning to action, but it seems to be rather close to it.
Now he has to stick with it and polish it as much as he can. It all starts with Osasuna on Wednesday.
Let’s see how they do.