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Asensio shakes Madrid against Granada

2020-12-23T21:46:45.179Z


A good time for the Balearic, who was replaced by the injured Rodrygo, shakes a somewhat spectacular Madrid against a solid Granada until the end, when Benzema sealed the victory that began with a goal from Casemiro


Casemiro heads the 1-0 against Granada.JuanJo Martín / EFE

So unexpected is football that on a terrifying night in Madrid in Valdebebas a footballer as talented as he was not very abrasive suddenly appeared.

It has been a long time since Real Madrid found Asensio, with the first Asensio, with whom he arrived to knock down Chamartín's door.

Relief of the injured Rodrygo, the Spaniard appeared on tiptoe until after the break he sent a vigorous and well-trained Granada to the dump.

Madrid, solvent in the end, was a low team until the Balearic had a while in which Asensio found Asensio.

At last.

Enough to take the rival to the ropes and act as a messenger for Casemiro, an increasingly recurrent scorer at Real.

The thing about Benzema, who sealed the 2-0 in the last breath, is already routine.

Even on days as discreet as against Granada.

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Real MadridCourtois, Carvajal, Varane, Sergio Ramos, Ferland Mendy, Casemiro, Kroos, Federico Valverde (Isco, min. 77), Lucas Vázquez (Vinicius Junior, min. 77), Rodrygo (Marco Asensio, min. 37) and BenzemaGranadaRui Silva , Domingos Duarte, Foulquier (Quini, min. 72), Carlos Neva, Jesús Vallejo (Germán, min. 83), Puertas, Kenedy (Luis Javier Suarez Charris, min. 62), Luis Milla, Brice (Alberto Soro, min. 62), Yangel Herrera and Soldado (Jorge Molina, min. 73)

Goals1-0 min.

56: Casemiro.

2-0 min.

92: Benzema.

Referee Juan Martínez Munuera Yellow cards Lucas Vázquez (min. 16), Foulquier (min. 26) and Carvajal (min. 80)

Until the injection of Asensio and the clasp of Benzema, Madrid hardly had any answers against this thriving Granada.

A set that applies like few others against Tim's aphorism.

The Brazilian coach left a mythical thesis for the football archive: "Football is a short blanket, if you cover your feet you uncover your head ...".

And vice versa.

Diego Martínez's team takes note.

Always warm in both areas.

This forces him to extreme burning.

But the boys do not slacken.

They force the adversary to be on permanent guard.

Varane was not at 27 seconds and his blunder was proportional to the disappointment of Puertas.

The rojiblanco winger had a penalty in the race, in the Courtois hills, but his shot caused a sprain to the ball, which went to the Di Stéfano heaven.

A warning for Madrid, amplified by a clumsy departure from their goalkeeper.

Kenedy tied a knot several times.

From the spring Madrid of the last days to the real winter.

A bland Madrid with the ball, without going.

And, above all, without Modric, a flag in the Madridista surge.

By contagion, without the Croatian, Kroos was not the backbone Kroos either.

The German appeared more than he should have on Casemiro's radar, with Valverde in the shuttle ahead.

A funnel.

Rodrygo and Lucas were not ventilating.

Even less the sides.

A real spectacular.

A Benzema shot deflected by Vallejo was the best local news in Rui Silva's area in the first act.

The Granada was uncomfortable, solid and very well structured.

They all assume their role as gregarious.

Any squatting is vile.

The collective sum is your forte.

Neither Soldado, the one with a superior soccer career, has resignations.

With that marrow, the Andalusian team held Madrid at bay, even more disturbed when Rodrygo's right thigh burst in a race with Foulquier.

The Brazilian left the field in tears and on a stretcher.

Zidane then recruited Asensio, a surprising choice ahead of Vinicius.

Madrid was still being sought when Vallejo, alone, wanted to head in and hit him

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Puertas caught the rejection and his feet rebelled again.

To his reassurance, he was offside.

A pass with a compass

Asensio, already somewhat glacial, had to enter urgently, without prior warm-up.

In the cool Madrid day it did not heat up until shortly before the hour.

But in what way.

First, a virtuous spur shot to a post.

He immediately assisted Valverde, stopped by a good intervention from Rui Silva.

Two minutes later, Asensio himself circulated on the left, endured a charge from Kenedy and had a beat to hang the ball on Casemiro's head.

It is already known that the Brazilian when he arrives with the guns is not only Casemiro.

In itself it is a convoy.

Ask Vallejo, on whom he finished three floors above.

A goal as relieving for Madrid as it is comforting for Asensio, so clandestine so far this year.

The Real after the truce already had more chicha.

Without the excellence of Eibar, the lucidity against Atlético or the illustration against Borussia de Mönchengladbach.

But with Carvajal as a mixer.

He put the bite and Asensio, finally, put the violin.

A few notes, but something is something for a footballer called to be a core.

For now, while waiting, he put enough parenthesis to the game so that Madrid did not lose the step with Atlético.

The Granada, nothing to blame for.

He fell at the feet of Asensio and with the head that Casemiro took out, but closed the match in Courtois lands until Benzema left another notch in this Real Madrid that already has six victories.

Some with shine, others for firmness.

And one, at least, with Asensio as an unexpected agitator.

Source: elparis

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