Mbappé and Courtois do not throw the league and take Madrid to the victory against Villarreal | Soccer | Sports

Against the initial drowns and, Madrid grabbed the old formula that never dies of the times: a goalkeeper who takes hands and a striker who releases Guantazos. From Courtois to Mbappé, plus the gregarious who joined the cause, the whites took air in the league in a very movie exit waiting for what Atlético and Barcelona do this Sunday.

The tiredness and European distractions threatened the boys of Carlo Ancelotti with another slip in the domestic tournament, a championship that, often, so hard to combine with their continental obsession. But this time they were corrected on time. Courtois appeared in time, Mbappé took his companions from the initial hole and, little by little, in Madrid a union spirit appeared to retain three essential points. The kilometers of Camavinga, Bellingham and Fran García joined in an afternoon that demanded the best of their two best soloists plus coal shoes from the rest.

When Madrid opened his eyes, he already lost 1-0, nobody was surprised. All the laziness that Ancelotti could fear after the strenuous clash against Atlético became evident. False passes and little forcefulness in the defensive system in front of a Villarreal that started clean guitar. If the whites aspired to a low pace, the locals searched, and found, put the encounter in the blender.

Carletto left Vinicius and Rüdiger, and lined with legs in the middle, where Camavinga and the Valverde Roadrunches appeared. The measure, however, had no immediate effects. Before Foyth embocaed the yellow in a corner kick before the visiting passivity, Ayoze had a shot to the middle and, above all, a whiplash from the front that Courtois sent to corner, from which the goal came.

It was the soup that returned to Madrid to the league reality. It cost him almost a quarter of an hour to look at the rival area, but when he did he released two lethal swipes. Mbappé appeared and that were major words for a rear that was not distinguished by his strength. The 1-1 launched it and ended the French attacker himself. He linked in depth with Brahim, who did not realize against Diego Conde, and the former PSG riveted. And after five minutes, Gueye did not succeed to clear a pass from Lucas Vázquez and Kylian lasted, settled and refined to the stick as he wanted. Too many concessions for a weapon of mass destruction.

The Madrid, as explained by Ancelotti, did not agree with a round trip duel. That could be an excessive energy expense after the Champions League, but the afternoon resulted in that and neither did whites badly. They pushed those of Marcelino, who raised the number of Courtois stops to five to rest, but the holes were opened and there a good Bellingham emerged to link with the strikers. Madrid had already washed the Legañas and threatened up with speed and also with passes. Rodrygo, on the left in the absence of Vinicius, and Mbappé mixed well. It was another Madrid, densely, firmer, before a Villarreal who did not stop insisting and ended the first part with another shot by Pepe.

The pause returned the game to the exit box. Again, the approach to a defensive device again improvable that allowed a Barry header and a shot only inside the Foyth area. Madrid tried to recover its initial plan, not to be a round trip, shelter back and launch into the race. However, it could barely stretch and was subjected to yellow thrust.

The rotation program introduced Vinicius in the field by Brahim and Rüdiger by Asencio, more Modric to try to grab the ball. And the recipe had effects. After a few minutes of submission, the whites could stretch. The Croatian brought more ability to knead the ball and the Brazilian, more attacker presence. He thanked him Courtois. Tiredness also constrained Villarreal’s legs and visitors recovered the spaces. Güler for a battered Valverde was the last breath of Ancelotti air.

Ayoze forgave in 84 to the half -turn, Mbappé got angry with Güler for not spending it and Madrid ended up defending the battery of local centers with clear signals of exhaustion. He escaped and revitalized after a critical week.