Madrid has lost command

Among the regrets of Zinedine Zidane after losing against Alavés at the Alfredo di Stéfano (1-2), one that has been repeated lately after bad nights reappeared: when they receive an early goal, the task becomes too difficult for them up.

It is something also detected by the costumes.

After losing against Cádiz (0-1), Courtois mentioned it: "We have not found the goal because they are very organized, with eleven in their field, and if you start losing, then it is very difficult."

Almost a month after that slip, on Saturday night, after falling against Alavés, Zidane showed some signs of despair: "We could not change the dynamics of the game and that bothers and worries me," he said.

Real Madrid is in tow more than ever under his command, and less than ever commanding the scoreboard.

According to data from Opta, among the teams in the League, whites are the tenth that accumulate the most minutes losing, 217, while Atlético de Madrid is the one with the least: this season they have not played a minute with the result against.

Last season, in which he won the title, Zidane's team was the one that marched the fewest minutes behind on the scoreboard throughout the year: only 185, that is, 32 less than in the 10 rounds played this year .

If the perspective is broadened to all the seasons in which Zidane has intervened as head coach, the loss of government in the games suffered this season is even better.

If this year is the tenth team that has lost more minutes, since the 2015-16 season they had always been among the five that spent the least time behind on the scoreboard.

The evolution of the percentage of time spent rowing against the current is also revealing: in the 2015-16 season, 14.3% of the minutes were lost;

13.9% in 2016-17, 3.36% in 2017-18, 20.1% in 2018-19, 5.4% in 2019-20 and 24.1% in this (the maximum) .

The series of the proportion of time that Madrid has played with the score in favor ends the other way around: in the 2015-16 season they were winning during 86.4% of the minutes, 56.8% in the 2016-17, 62 , 2% in 2017-18, 42.7% in 2018-19, 29.12% in 2019-20 and 32.7% so far this (the minimum).

One of the factors that explains these data collections is the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo, who, in addition to the general goal count, was decisive in a fundamental throw of the game, scoring the first of the game.

In the three years that the Portuguese was under Zidane's command, Madrid scored 1-0 in 74.5% of the games, in three out of four.

The following year, 2018-19, the first post-Christian, the percentage dropped to 50%.

In any case, he has largely recovered from that collapse, and in the 10 games of this championship, he has opened the scoring in seven (70%).

However, that has not translated into a recovery of the government of the meetings, where it circulates more than ever at the mercy of the scoreboard.

Among the heavyweights of the dressing room, at the exit of Cristiano not only the hole left by his goals has been pointed out, but also a notable loss of competitive capital, according to a source close to one of these figures.

With Marcelo, another of the historic bearers of this flag, in retreat, Ramos maintains the flame with the help of Benzema and Casemiro.

But they are still waiting to add new units to the fiery squad.

Hazard has never just arrived and, according to the same source, Asensio does not finish abandoning his role as a light player, more willing to accompany an assault undertaken by others than to lead it.