Third consecutive game to zero, second in the League. Worrying. And significant. Xavi has dropped Dembélé and Pedri and the team has run out of overflow or ideas. Nor does the coach know how to counteract the aforementioned adversity. Yesterday he tried out with Balde on the far left. It didn’t work, because he is not the same as a fast player with meters ahead as this same player without space to take advantage of his virtue. Normally, deep fullbacks do more damage coming in than going in. There are examples in the house itself, Alba, now, Alves, before; or years ago, many years ago, Gordillo at Betis and Madrid. That it was a considered decision is shown by the fact that when Sergi Roberto was injured at the edge of the first quarter of an hour, being able to take Ansu Fati out and move Balde to the right side, he preferred Eric García, although he soon realized that Koundé would be better in the right and Eric in the center. Clearly there is a problem. And it is not the Getafe grass. Not game time...
HISTORICAL NUMBERS
This zero draw knows little, very little. It is a disappointment, due to the lack of play and the lack of goals. The other day he told them that it was the second worst season of the last decade in terms of goals. Well, it’s already the worst. 53 goals, less than two per game. Fortunately, the defense is the best ever, not the decade, ever! This League will be won by defense, without a doubt. The defensive security of the team far outweighs the shortcomings in attack. And there’s nothing wrong with saying it, it’s not a demerit. Think that Madrid have scored 24 goals… fifteen more than Ter Stegen! Another thing is that we prefer to score four mackerels each game and have a top scorer with forty goals and not seventeen. But they are eleven points ahead of the second and the pichichi is from Barcelona. And the goalkeeper is the best in history and not just in the League, but in many, maybe even all, the Leagues. Nobody can dispute the superiority of Xavi’s team in this League. Not for two 0-0 draws in a row or for some other setback between now and the end of the season.
THE KEY
The defensive security of the team far exceeds the deficiencies in attack.