The Madrid ended at full throttle in Huesca, as is supposed in a team that was distinguished by its agonistic capacity. To a large extent, the match was agonizing. He played well, but with monotony in the first half, no change in speed or thrust. The match that Huesca wanted was allowed by Madrid, which only found the acceleration of Vinicius, fast but confusing. The defensive disasters led to a situation that Madrid solves worse than ever: the comeback outright. He got it, with Marco Asensio as a special guest.
The sequence of defensive errors in the second half weighed almost as much as the powerful arreón that led Madrid to victory. Its instability was confirmed, but football allows double readings on many occasions. You can influence the negative elements of this or that player, or this or that team, and even influence the negativity. Positive traits can also be detected, however delicate the situation. On the negative aspects of Madrid there is not much to add. In Huesca, he took pleasure in them.
With Early. There was a packaging in their reaction that deserves praise. It was more than a bugle comeback, which is not silly in football either. Madrid reacted to the disadvantage with vigor and class. It is true that the goals came in rejections or free kicks and that Varane scored both. Made of Sergio Ramos in the opposite area, although it does not go in his character.
Marco Asensio, in an action at El Alcoraz de Huesca, took a step forward and was key in the comeback.
JAVIER CEBOLLADA (EFE)
The goals sandwich featured the excellent game of Modric Y Kroos, the massive presence of Casemiro, the brilliant demonstration of Benzema and the complete deployment of Marco Asensio. From the critical side, he will be reproached for not returning to a defensive position in the goal of Huesca and in another opportunity for the Aragonese team. It was not easy to fulfill those duties in Madrid’s defensive effort, with the two wingers out of control in their attacks and the rest of the defense in the dark.
The most interesting thing in Asensio’s contribution was not a shot, a goal, a delicacy. That is quite common in their performances. He rarely leaves a game without leaving a few details, at the risk of sticking with the label of a superficial player. Sometimes, Asensio conveys the feeling of a footballer undergoing an internal battle between his possibilities and a brake that prevents him from taking advantage of them.
In recent months he has mixed the two versions, an advance over the last Asensio edition, flattened even more by the knee injury. In the last two months he has mixed a good game with other disappointing ones. He has never consecrated his eventual progress. In Huesca he offered the version most similar to the footballer that he captivated in his early days, with the energy and commitment that he has lacked so many times.
Asensio played to win a burning match. He added the best of the team and performed as well as them, without failing at any point in the second half. He went from detail to complete sentence. It was unstoppable for the defense of Huesca. In a game that threatened a critical storm, Madrid found the Asensio they dreamed of, excellent news if the dream does not break again.