For Vinicius there is no hell

We will always have Madrid. It was always the last white bullet and they will have to use it again after the draw in Munich in a controversial match in which the goals did not always go in the same direction as the game. Madrid took the lead, dodging German bullets at the start, they were dejected later, when they thought the worst was over, and still managed to get up and fight on the scoreboard. Ancelotti’s team breathed a sigh of relief thanks to the extraordinary Kroos, but were abandoned by Bellingham, who had too little weight in the team, and Rodrigo. Vinicius was something else, a devil. Bayern had no tools to stop it and suspects things will get even worse at the Bernabeu.

The semi-finals arrived and orthodoxy arrived in Madrid. Nacho, as Rüdiger’s partner, is better off defending himself with a defender than with an invention, saw more in Manchester, and Tchouameni, the most positional of the midfielders, acted like a broom. That’s how Madrid took refuge in Munich against a less weakened Bayern than announced the day before, where these duels are also starting to play out. All of the alleged fallen were in the eleven or on the bench, with the exception of De Ligt. Of course, Tuchel did not dare to take the field with Gnabry after a series of muscle injuries and He combined Thomas Müller, the good, the bad and the ugly, into one footballer. In a way, a symbol of the Bayern Munich that Madrid has always known: resilient, persistent and grumpy. Eternal German. He accompanied Kane up top, with Sane surprisingly starting on the left. 40 seconds later he had already struck back at Lucas Vazquez. Lunin chose the rescue leg in the Etihad model.

Years and decades pass, and Bayern begins to show flashes of that vibrant team that spoiled Madrid so many times. More home. It was impossible to draw any conclusions from his presentation about the supposed weakness mentioned in the Bundesliga table. His break coincided with some clumsiness in Madrid’s early handling of the ball, particularly from Tchouameni and Bellingham. Each loss had a corresponding penalty: two attempts by Kane, one from almost fifty meters when Lunin was desperately retreating, another by Sane, another by Musiala… Not even the first quarter of an hour had passed before fragments began to fall. Madrid were still entrenched at the Etihad but defended worse and threatened even less. The offensive trident was less active when attacking and less favorable when recovering. Not a single broken ball fell on his side.

Fortunately, It separates Bayern from City, who have waiting periods. Their pressure is not intrusive, but selective. Release the storm for short periods of time, but then lower the block and allow the enemy to breathe. Rüdiger and Kroos They know this fabric well. And after that first shock, they turned down the volume of the crash. The first is from expectation. The second is from possession, science, knowledge and from time to time art. He marked Bayern with a hundred passes and suddenly He delivered the final, almost invisible, brilliant one, with advance notice (he drew it in the air with his index finger, as if he had time to spare), ordering Vinicius to start through the center like a flash of lightning. And at full speed, between the two central defenders, the Brazilian flew and found himself in front of the defenseless Neuer. A goal that proved that no one in the world runs like Madrid. Everyone knows this, but no one finds opposition.

One chance, one goal. Bullets are so cheap for Ancelotti’s team that Goal has noticeably improved in order, reading the game and serving the ball. A game imposed by the fabulous Kroos.

Bayern found it difficult to recover from the blow. He opened up little on the flanks, where his best assets were Musiala and Sane, and initially he found little space in the middle. when Madrid seemed about to be burned at the stake. Before the break, they gave Madrid a scare only with Kane’s free kick, which turned out to be stronger than expected.

Then Tuchel decided to change the scenario: Sane on the right, Musiala in the center, Guerreiro, who replaced Goretzka, on the left. Switched off. The team lost control, leaving room for Madrid to lead 0-2 after Kroos’ shot was deflected by Neuer, but Sane’s flank won and the first time he ran away from Mendy he fired a low shot that beat Lunin . He went in over the post he was defending, a fact that always leaves the goalkeeper under suspicion. Four minutes later, with the stadium ablaze, Musiala replaced the ball deep in the penalty area and was recklessly sent to the ground by Lucas Vazquez. Kane turned the game around. In many ways, Bayern are Madrid’s soulmate: they can’t be stopped once they’re in a trance. Ancelotti then sent off Nacho, who had previously been flawless.

The situation has not improved. In fact, Musiala and Sane went extraordinarily further and Madrid began to defend set pieces poorly. Ancelotti then ended Kroos’ concert and included Modric. Brahim also came to the game to form a sharper trident with Rodrygo and Vinicius. It had a tie, but the Neuer of the imperial era returned. This was not his last word during the crash. Almost immediately he provided the decisive pass to Rodrigo, who was given the inevitable penalty by Kim. Vinicius did everything right and Madrid will arrive safely for the second leg, where they will take away the wild card from the public.

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