Real Madrid rolled over Osasuna 4-0 with a hat-trick from Vinicius, despite injuries to Militao, Rodrygo and Vazquez.
Real Madrid crushed Osasuna 4-0 thanks to a hat-trick from Vinicius Jr. (34th, 61st, 69th) and a goal from Bellingham in the 42nd minute. This great victory ends a bad series of two defeats. Unfortunately, it was marred by three successive injuries in the first half with Rodrygo, injured in the thigh again, Vazquez, injured in the left adductor and especially Militao, whose season ended with a rupture of the cruciate ligament of the knee right.
Carlo Ancelotti stays the course at Real Madrid
In great danger and in need of a victory, Carlo Ancelotti responded on the Real Madrid bench. The Italian technician decided to return to 4-3-3 with Camavinga in 6, who was excellent. The first outing due to injury, that of Rodrygo, was managed by a position-for-position replacement with the entry of Brahim rather than that of Modric with a view to a return to the diamond. The Moroccan thanks his coach by creating the fourth goal from scratch.
At the time of Militao's terrible injury, Ancelotti knew how to keep his troops in the match and they responded by giving him two goals almost in quick succession. And above all, the second goal is offered to Jude Bellingham by a very inspired Raul Asencio, who came in place of Militao, rather than Mendy or Vallejo. The Real Madrid Castilla canterano delivered a performance full of confidence, well guided by Rüdiger, and scores points for after Militao.
Finally, Ancelotti had to wait until half-time to change a diminished Vazquez and decided to test Valverde as a right-back while allowing Modric to come and keep the ball in midfield, rather than bringing in Mendy, the big forgotten today. Finally, Ancelotti saw his players playing and therefore gave a quarter of an hour of play to his nuggets Arda Güler and Endrick to reward them. This match, with the injuries and the context, could well have marked the end of Ancelotti at Real Madrid, but his choices on the contrary offer some reasons for hope in this difficult period.
Vinicius Jr, masterful
We know, Vinicius Jr. is too strong. But today he impressed in an area where he doesn't always do: leadership. A usual technical leader, the Brazilian was today the light of Real Madrid following the collective darkness suffered by the players after Rodrygo's injury and Militao's exit on a stretcher. Vinicius took the ball and freed his teammates, his stadium and especially his coach.
His exemplary attitude when he could have given up after the double injury of his compatriots is remarkable. And in the second half, he continued his recital with a second blind goal after a pure call from number 9. His third goal, offered on a plate by Brahim, was also the scene of a nice gesture with Vinicius who copies the Moroccan's celebration to thank him.
Kylian Mbappé, abysmal
Kylian Mbappé has a problem. Still unrecognizable in the majority of his ball catches and more tiring than tired when pressing, the Frenchman has once again made people talk about him. His lack of investment in recovery is not justified by his quality with the ball. We feel that he is trying to play, simple, collective and sometimes to be the solution, but everything is out of time.
In the second half, repositioned at times on the left, we felt him more comfortable with a wonderful breakthrough but which ended with a soft free kick into the wall. At the end of the match, he found himself leading the attack with the two gems of Real Madrid, Arda Güler and Endrick, who complemented him perfectly, but he did not shine any better. Another match to forget, the fifth without scoring.
