Solari seems to have come to his senses, the eleven by heart has no result and was demonstrated after the smack in Ipura. This last result has served, among other things, for Solari to investigate the nursery and be pleasantly surprised. Isco still does not enter in the starter eleven where Marcos Llorente, Ceballos, Lucas Vázquez and Reguilón did. That is, without Marcelo, Asensio, Kroos or Casemiro, Madrid is more team.
The Bernabéu finally enjoyed a balanced Madrid, solid and with vertigo, dominated from the kickoff by position and intensity that Valencia could never shake. The first goal came after Benzema tried to leave the ball with the chest to Bale and the ball went too long. Paulista tried to close, but he allowed Carvajal to steal his wallet. The lateral got ice on the play, stepped on Gayá and the outer center ended in the net headed by Wass.
The first 45 minutes were commanded by the merengue team, only lacking a bit of selfishness to finish the plays. The first minutes of the second half Valencia recalled that it was playing a football game with some tactical adjustments and the good participation of Parejo and Mina, made Courtois justify his salary, who stopped 3 clear chances and even got his eye on the team.
Being the best of the meeting Carvajal would start the play to sentence the game, the Spanish side overflowed to the right, served the area, Asensio did not arrive, Benzema controlled in the area and put with temper for Lucas to finish the game.
The goal of Lucas does not save him from the horrible game he played in offensive work, but he wins the pulse of an unfriendly Asensio for his defensive work. The Mallorcan refuses to contribute anything to the team and Solari wants more balls than talent in the field, a formula that is giving good results.