From individual brilliance to brilliance as a team

Madrid got off to a bad start, with many mistakes, and soon found themselves with an unfavorable result. But what he has is that in isolated games, using one of his individualities (in this case, Vinícius) he is able to raise the game bit by bit. Ancelotti’s team did not do well in the first half, but the players’ flashes in key moments were enough to reach the break with an equal score. Almost everything happened, in attack and defense, in the same composition. Salah and Vinícius, the most determined players of the match, met there.

The second part was no longer decided by individual flashes. It was the brilliance of the team. He was killing Liverpool and forcing them to give up little by little. Madrid manage to force their opponents to touch perfection to defeat them. Play several games in one. He plays in transition, he goes back a lot, he is able to defend the ball, press, attack and lock the opponent… he has a lot of skills, so he forces you to have a lot of resources and not make mistakes. Either you are brilliant from the 1st to the 90th minute, or Madrid kill you at the slightest mismatch. You can’t go below A or you’re lost. At 2-0, Liverpool failed to take the lead and ended up as another victim of the Whites’ efficiency.

Vinícius is already one of the most determined players in the world. He is able to take the ball from his field into the opponent’s area, there to invent a dribble, a pass or a precise shot at the goal. He is currently at the level of footballers like Mbappé. I think Madrid will bet very strongly in the Champions League, especially seeing how the League is going and I don’t think they will relax or allow rotation despite the fact that the advantage they return from Anfield is very important to see the tie turn in their favor.