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The champion also knows how to suffer. He did it in Almería with a long serve against a newcomer that kept him at bay for an hour. With jaws nearly exploding, Rubi’s team were ahead until Vinicius, the evening’s most expansive, equalized Lucas’s equalizer, a prelude to a great goal with the square and beveling Alaba in his first flirtation with the ball. Real needed a repeat, a lot of repetition. On the other side was a commendable Almería, waiting to level the squad once and for all.
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Fernando Martínez, Kaiky, Akieme, Rodrigo Ely, Chumi, Srdan Babic, Lucas Robertone (Curro, min. 56), Eguaras (Portillo, min. 80), Samuel Costa, Sadiq (Dyego Sousa, min. 70) and Ramazani (José Carlos, minute 70)
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Courtois, Lucas Vázquez, Ferland Mendy (Alaba, min. 73), Nacho, Rüdiger, Aurelien Tchouameni (Hazard, min. 57), Kroos (Casemiro, min. 82), Camavinga (Modric, min. 45), Benzema, Federico Valverde and Vinicius Junior (Dani Ceballos, min. 82)
Gates 1-0 mins 5: Ramazani. 1-1 min. 60: Lucas Vazquez. 1-2 minutes 74: praise.
referee Juan Martinez Munuera
Yellow cards Camavinga (min. 39), Sadiq (min. 40), Curro (min. 65) and Arnau Martínez (min. 85)
Football thinks about it: a humble man can improvise fame. Almería put her soul into it, back on the big catwalk after seven years. It has a staff under construction yet to come for a collection of ups and downs. Rubi, his trainer, lifted with what he had on hand and made the European champion wobble. Within six minutes, local fans were already on the moon. Eguaras, footballer and draftsman, supported Ramazani with a clinical foot. Rüdiger, out of step with Nacho, was a spectator of the duel between the Belgians. The winner was the 21-year-old, who cleverly defeated the giant Courtois.
Ancelotti had announced it. A supplement to the famous predecessor course. There will be more rotations. Immediately, already on the first day Lucas, Nacho, Rüdiger, Tchouameni and Camavinga to the outcry of the present! Changes in defense and in the midfield cabinet. Not attacking. A circular for Asensio and Hazard, substitutes, very substitutes, in the Helsinki Super Cup. Ramazani’s goal showed Nacho and Rudiger’s lack of familiarity. Both corrected themselves immediately, bringing down Ramazani and pinning local hero Sadiq. The Nigerian, a player with a strong chassis and an atomic stride, turned into a poor shot after an error from Tchouameni. As inconsequential as Camavinga, relieved to be put to rest by Modric just before Tchouameni went into the darkroom too. The pre-season emergencies forced them to resort to an attacker like Hazard.
More than footballers for the quartermaster, Madrid needed an enlightened – Modric, of course – who would find the password to unlock the red and white trench. Brazilian Ely, with a past in Alavés, was the only Rubi player with a role in the First Division. Ely celebrated a defense featuring three centre-backs and a fourth forced to be a winger, Chumi. The boy needed constant help. From his orthopedic position, he had to challenge himself with Vinicius. And the Brazilian made him suffer from news all day long.
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Vinicius was Real’s best streak, a Madrid as tenacious as they lacked the finishing touch. ¡Caspita, Benzema was wrong! Rubi’s brigades, squeezed like lemons, have done much for their part. Not to mention goalkeeper Fernando, who made frequent and effective stops, sometimes great, for example against a Rüdiger header and in a fencing duel with Vinicius. Up to 15 corner kicks taken by Madrid. At Kroos’ bugle call from the corners, the Almería area was a Vietnamese jungle. A wink from the German at Lucas Vázquez resulted in a goal, but the VAR measured the Galician a few centimeters offside.
After the break, Modric gave the visiting team another breath. Almería was always close to Fernando and everything was getting harder and harder. Vinicius didn’t stop and the warnings were constant. Sadiq and Ramazani did not give up on Rubi’s escape, forced to resist to the utmost. In the local head, time did not decrease. The umpteenth adventure of Vinicius caused another intervention from Fernando, he sweats that he sweats. The refusal caused a mess that was eventually resolved by Lucas, a man of great confidence, optimistic like few.
With the draw, Ancelotti handed the mandate from Casemiro and Tchouameni to Kroos, with Valverde and Modric as escorts and Hazard at the helm with Vinicius and Benzema. The Real, no strings attached. Soccer has magical winks. A foul on Modric at the front of the box. Ideal for a left-hander with silk boots. praise for example. Ancelotti, more than a doctorate footballer, put the Austrian sitting on the bench on the net. Casual or not the move, the former Bayern pro went straight for the ball. As Carantoña, he anchored her in the grass and pinned her to Fernando’s left squad. Not even Fernando could reach the Palmeo. Alaba’s first touch: 1-2. Madrid, that Madrid, conjugates the verb to win in many ways. If necessary, draw a substitute defender listed as a starter (Lucas) and a provisional starter on the bench (Alaba). Courtois, who always has a plan, avoided a draw by Curros and the champion returned when he left.
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