Real Madrid adds more rags to success

Two ways to face the future in football: evolution or revolution.

Two dynamics to choose from: in victory or in defeat.

Teams have dedicated themselves to this desire since the beginning of time, a subtle art that, well resolved, guarantees stability in the most unstable of sports.

Mistakes often have serious or irremediable consequences in all areas.

See Barça on the one hand.

And Real Madrid on the contrary.

You cannot speak of continuity in the Real Madrid model.

At times he has moved between extremes.

In the early years of Florentino Pérez few players arrived, but most with the label of great football figures.

These were far-reaching operations (Figo, Zidane, Ronaldo, Beckham) that mixed sporting interests with the intention of regaining the commercial leadership of football in the new century.

He succeeded, but he made errors of judgment that have probably served to get out of the extravagance.

Madrid is not made for the Gravesen, Pablo García, Cicinho and Faubert of this world.

When Florentino Pérez returned in 2009, he did it full blast, sparing no expense, with a mix of stellar players (Cristino and Kaká), more than proven experts (Xabi Alonso) and promising youngsters (Benzema, Di María and Ozil).

Since then, Madrid has entered into very defined and sometimes contradictory cycles with each other.

When they have not worked, the response has been swift.

It has not given time to situations of internal gangrene.

He has always reacted promptly.

He has signed expensive (Kaká, Bale and Hazard) without the expected success.

For a reduced price, he signed en masse or brought back several of the most promising young Spaniards: Ceballos, Marcos Llorente, Vallejo, Asensio, Mayoral and the French Hispanic Theo Hernández appeared in the 2017-18 season.

Zidane sidelined them when the League and the Cup went awry, but Madrid won the European Cup in kyiv and the bet did not turn into failure.

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Some seasons the futures market in Brazil has been attended (Vinicius, Rodrygo, Reinier) and others a pragmatic vision of needs has prevailed.

The arrival of Hazard, Militão and Mendy stemmed from the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo and Bale's failure in

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However criticized some decisions and changes in policy were, Madrid understood that the unalterable axis of the team (Courtois, Modric, Casemiro, Kroos, Benzema and, until last year, Sergio Ramos) allowed it a formidable margin of maneuver in periods of transition and the time needed to trust in the progression of the youngest.

Just as effective has been its sales policy.

Youngsters who did not work for him (Odegaard and Marcos Llorente, for example) have given the club juicy benefits.

Madrid has wisely taken advantage of its best decisions, most of them related to phenomenal players, with little or no cost (Benzema, Modric, Kroos, Casemiro, Carvajal), capable of sustaining the most difficult ship in football.

They will remain one more year and will once again form the backbone of the team.

The youngest grow around him, from Vinicius to Camavinga, passing through Rodrygo and Valverde.

They have all been supported by an extraordinary and generous group of veterans, whose virtues include their consistency in winning titles and allowing the club the time it needs to fix structural flaws.

Apparently, the winner of the last European Cup has detected that the team lacked rags to walk more safely in the Champions League, a reason that explains the interest in two physical wonders: the central Rüdiger and the midfielder Tchouameni.

They are already here.

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