A Madrid of silencer and fireworks

Jordi Alba and Piqué try to defend their area against Ramos' push. DPA via Europa Press / Europa Press

Benzema is the silencer.

Benzema was what Cristiano Ronaldo wore in the cannon to approach the area without noise;

now Benzema, freed from exclusivity, works for wages.

Of Federico Valverde, for example, the Uruguayan who plays with the same hurry as the friend whose mother, at any moment, would shout four times through the window for him to come up to eat;

that acceleration, that beautiful feeling of not knowing when the last play will be.

Valverde's food is always getting cold.

It's a steamroller with a racing car engine that, when it starts, can't stop, like this ...

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