Bellingham wanted another Clásico – AS.com

The Federation, Arabia and Spanish football in general will have Clásico in the Super Cup. A Madrid with more football, more adrenaline and more goals since hitting rock bottom in San Mamés beat Mallorca without overwhelming. The big difference is that now he walks with his finger on the trigger, but we must not despise Mbappé’s notable improvement and Bellingham’s return as a superior player, one of those stars whose brilliance also illuminates the rest. He plays and makes people play, he backbones Madrid through ingenuity and also through sacrifice. He also scored the goal that precipitated the end of Mallorca. That is Madrid’s lever. Arrasate’s team was the same as always, resistant, uncomfortable, quarrelsome, but unable to reach their air force, Muriqi plus Larin. It has nothing to blame itself for, but it was noticeably inferior.

The defeat in San Mamés lifted Madrid by the lapels and awakened them in such a way that, since then, their game begins to approach the quality of the squad. The improvement has been noticeable in the League, in the Club World Cup and also in Jeddah. Ancelotti’s team went out in a rush to save time and effort, to win from the shortest. In just fifteen minutes he made Greif work four times shots from Lucas Vazquez, Mbappe, Tchouameni and Bellingham.

Ancelotti had started with his classics, Mendy on the left wing and Camavinga and Valverde in the industrial belt. A belt with a contraindication: it takes away the team’s waist when the ball is released, but guarantees a permanent surveillance service to relieve the magnificent four of defensive worries. That’s Madrid now, a seven plus four that guarantees fun in both areas. In someone else’s, almost always. In one’s own, when the team is divided and in inferiority behind.

Maffeo and Vinicius

Arrasate was not impressed. He did not put a third center back, as was speculated the day before, but he did put in his two reference forwardsMuriqi and Larin, that in the League they have only met five times in the starting eleven. Two large forwards to dominate the air, presuming that his great opportunity lay in the dead ball. The kick-off ended with a ball over the top to the Kosovar, the ‘target man‘purest in the League, a striker capable of finishing off a satellite. It was a declaration of intent.

Everything, except the lack of firmness of the Balearic defense in the first moments, was going as planned, including that separate game that Vinicius and Maffeo usually play. The exit whistles to the Balearic Islands showed that Saudi Arabia is now Saudi Arabia. Then came the first foul, from the Brazilian, and the first blow: A very light touch from Vinicius caused a theatrical and ridiculous fainting of a great full-back who is happy in his role as a bad guy. Especially if in front of you there is a signed footballer with a very sensitive nervous system.

The best news in Madrid was Mbappévery far from the painful version of the first months. Sparkling, fast, daring and finishing. He is no longer under investigation. The only thing missing was the goal, like the team, which with the passing of the minutes began to subside without losing control of the situation except in two arrivals from Larin, who headed a good cross from Dani Rodríguez and misguidedly finished off a volley from the edge of the area. The lack of consistency is also a trait of this Madrid, which seems to be bored by long sieges. Not to all. Bellingham is a 90-minute footballer, because he has the game and the hierarchy. Nobody rules like him in this Madrid. He is the boss by acclamation. Before the break he left half a goal for Rodrygo, who could not complete the puzzle. His shot ended up in the stands.

Before the break, Arrasate lost Raíllo, his defensive beacon, due to injury, a serious setback in a team in which automatisms are crucial. And on the way back from the locker room, another central defender, Tchouameni, fell. due to a blow to the head.

Three finishes

The mishaps somehow changed the game. Mallorca began to lengthen the trip, to move Madrid away from their area, to arrive more frequently than in danger near Courtois. Everything began to thicken in Ancelotti’s team and it was then, in the eternal paradox of football, when he took advantage in a three-shot play: The first, from Rodrygo, was returned by the club; the second, by Mbappé, Greif; the third, from Bellingham, ended up inside. The goal for those who work for it. The ninth of the Englishman, called to govern the team for a decade. He limped away, leaving Real Madrid fans in suspense.

That goal left a game in the open sea, where Madrid is unbeatable. Greif had to multiply before the attacks of Rodrygo, Vinicius and Mbappé. Arrasate’s changes did not stop the bleeding. He brought in attackers, but still had no attack. And an unfortunate own goal from Valjent, who tried to cut off a great pass from Brahim to avoid Mbappé’s shot, and a goal in stoppage time from Rodrygo confirmed the Clásico that will determine whether the fire at 0-4 at the Bernabéu is considered extinguished or not. It will be with Dani Olmo, the final government trick.

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