Real
Madrid, reinforced in their confidence by the win against Galatasaray, took out
the steamroller in Eibar, showed his best face, mainly in the first part.
He
thrashed the team of Jose Luis Mendilibar without compassion in a game in which
he commanded from the first minute of the game and gave hardly any option to
the locals.
Real
Madrid, as it did against the Turkish team in the Champions League, started the
game quite well. He broke the arm pressure with precision and speed in the
combinations and left the match sentenced practically in the initial half hour
with a 0-3.
Mendilibar's
team tried to make their classic game in Ipurua, but Real Madrid knew how to
counterbalance the game of a local team that could not get past the center of
the field.
So much
so, that Benzema had the first goal after a great action by a great Hazard on
the left wing, but his shot was met with Dmitrovic's gloves.
Lost in his fort
The locals did not find themselves in their fort, and seemed to be at the mercy of a Real Madrid coming up after the European win.
Mendilibar
was not at ease with what he saw, although just as true it is that his people
could only endure the weather and soccer downpour in the first quarter of an
hour.
It took
Benzema 17 minutes to sign Madrid's superiority on the scoreboard. Almost immediately,
the Argentine De Blasis committed a clear penalty on Hazard two minutes later,
that Sergio Ramos was responsible for scoring with mastery to, despite the time
that remained ahead, sentence the game before the 20 minutes of play.
The
armored team did not look the same as always in Ipurua, although it was more
for the great Madrid game than for its own wrongdoing.
Mendilibar
had to react, perhaps thinking of the comeback against Sevilla, when they ended
up winning after having an identical adverse result.
But
Hazard, Modric, headline instead of Toni Kroos, and Benzema were not in the job
of allowing Eibar to approach Courtois, while those of Zidane curdled those
that were possibly the best minutes of the season for Real Madrid.
A
criminal to Lucas Vásquez
So much
so, that Lucas Vázquez provoked another clear penalty, that in this case he was
responsible for converting a Benzema that deserved his second goal for the
match he was playing. The Frenchman surpassed the myth Ferenc Puskas and became
the sixth scorer of Real Madrid in the history of the League.
Before
even half an hour, the Madrid storm had ended with Ipurua, with Eibar, and with
the doubts that the merengue game could have been created in the previous
league games, as in the previous one against Betis, against which he gave a 0-0
at the Santiago Bernabéu.
Ipurua
continued to cheer and dance in the rain, although his team did not find any
waterway to break the defense of Real Madrid. The Eibar, although he wanted to,
could not with the more than improved version of a Real Madrid that went to the
quiet rest and with the satisfaction of the job well done, although there were
still 45 minutes left.
The
gunsmiths, who had worried in the prolongation of the first part with two
offsets from Gonzalo Escalante and Sergi Enrich, jumped into the field with
another attitude in the second part, either because of the reprimand of
Mendilibar at rest or because Madrid had come down a March.
The
first goal of Valverde
In any
case, Zidane did not want his people to relax under any circumstances, and
Benzema understood it well, arriving at the armory area once again in danger.
The
Eibar wanted to at least win the partial of the second half, and although the
VAR did not grant him a possible penalty that did not seem like it, the
gunsmiths were approaching their version at home in the first minutes of the
second part, that yes , leaving the option of counterattack to Real Madrid, who
put the icing on a magnificent goal by Uruguayan Fede Valverde after a pass
from Modric.
The
first goal of the young Charrúa, who once again demonstrated his starting line,
was the tip for a fully submitted Eibar, as it has rarely happened in Ipurua
since joining the First Division.
Zidane
entered Isco and Vinicius trying to find his best performance against an
opponent who was inoperative every time he looked at the scoreboard. The game
had been over for many minutes as far as the result is concerned, and despite
that, Eibar could not find a way to attack the visiting defense, even with the
entry of Pedro León.
Courtois
managed to overcome the record of unbeatable Keylor Navas in the 75th minute,
which became the most remarkable data at that time of the game
In the
absence of a little more than ten minutes, Eibar only thought that the fifth
did not arrive, while Madrid continued to like it, although already without
forcing and more worried almost not to fit, to close a convincing victory.
SOURCE: El Nacional
