Weak spots of Real Madrid in last four back to back drawn matches
Lets take a mere look at the total No. of shots & shots on target during four games.
Total no. of shots hit: 77
Shots on target:24
Shot Accuracy:31%
Teams they played were: Villarreal, Las Palmas,BVB(UEFA match),Eiber
Villarreal Draw:
We start with a match vs Villarreal. The last whistle score line was 1-1. And the interesting part is, the match was played in Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Madrid.
Among the many mistakes that Madrid defense held throughout the game, are few one's that teams like Real shouldn't be making.
The frame at the bottom, shows the first mistake made by Toni Kroos in 28th minute.
The German mid-fielder did not mark his man properly. Although Casilla kept the ball out of his pole-FORTUNES FOR REAL-still it raised Villarreal's confidence to attack in numbers.The first frame is a corner from the preceding shot, you can see clearly a man hanging out alone & unmarked as in a garden. Madrid got lucky again, the Villarreal player hit the header wide.
The second frame, is when a through ball was fed to the Villarreal's striker and Madrid's defense was caught on counter.
Before half time whistle Varane(CB) tried to be cute in his own half and lost the ball, which lead Madrid giving away the penalty.
Ronaldo missed a tap in 61st minute which could have lead Madrid to victory
the second half went in Madrid's favor,not quite, and match ended 1-1 draw.
Las Palmas Draw:
The second draw was against Las Palmas in their home ground.Real expected a tough game but they didn't get that from the opposition.Madrid created a lot of opportunities but just didn't take them. They conceded because of lack of marking by their back four. Questions need to be addressed about that and the media had a field day with Zidane especially after he substituted Ronaldo when the match wasn't won. Would Ronaldo staying on have helped us keep the lead and win the match? We'll never know.Is he the right man for the job? Here's Ronaldo's angry reaction towards Zizou
Ramos-Varane-Nacho-Carvajal were poor. We've put the "-" to highlight that the combination was poor. They had no link up. They had no chemistry.
End result: 2-2 Drawn.
BVB Draw:
The third draw was a champions league match vs Dortmund.
Madrid's RB position and mid field was at its worst which exposed Madrid over and over again. But, the CBs saved Madrid's ass quite a few times.
While, the mistakes they made need no words but can be only seen.
Navas made few mistakes as well
Kovacic's aggression costed Madrid as well
well, it wasn't only defense, but striker wasn't at their best either
End result: 2-2 draw
Eibar's Draw:
The fourth consecutive draw was against Eibar aslo in Madrid's home.
The defense totally lost itself, no marking at all. Every individual played for himself.
They got an early goal in 6th minute, when Madrid was worst at its markng
16th minute: Danilo took the ball in towards Eibar's half he has easy access to Benzema but he took the chance himself and skied the ball,
Then Bale scored on Ronaldo's brillient cross.
19th minute: Danilo lost the ball out of madrid's box, P.Leone took the ball through Nacho's leg but couldn't finish well.
wrong passing decisions, poor shot selection, poor decision makng and many other factors made Real Madrid lose these crucial two points. why crucial? because after this draw Real Madrid dropped down to no. 2 in La Liga table with Athletico being at the top.
Zidane has been taking too much pressure of these draws that he tells his white boys to work harder or may be over work.
As it seems, they dont need to be intense but to be more like a team, to have more chemistry between them. They need plan may be. May Zizou need to think cool & calm.
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