“It’s hard to analyze them, I don’t know if they lack aggressiveness, creativity, fight more“. This was Andrei Lunin’s reflection at the end of the party Real Madrid loses in Lille. Ancelotti put an end to a streak of 259 days without losing leaving a disturbing picture. The evil party could be anyone, but what happened in the arena decatel Ern was something to come.
Madrid started the season giving symptoms Lack of play, But also Density and energy In some sections of the party. The Champions League has shown the demanding. Before the two opponents a step (or two) below, White did not show any superiority. What’s more, in Lille she was inferior to his opponent at many stages of the confrontation. “It was a better night than us. We can use a little attention and a little criticism,” Ancelotti summed up.
Lille 1-0 Real Madrid: summary and goals / Champions League (J2)
It is still too early to draw clear conclusions. Two matches contain very little data, but you can draw any conclusion about why Madrid did not show up, at least for now, it was last year without losing a meeting and they won the first seven in a row.
Passive defensive
His defensive passivity is something that is not surprising, because it has always been so since Ancelotti’s turn in 2021. The team Do not stand out for making high pressure and aggressivenessBut it remains to wait, usually in the middle block. But at the beginning of the season , it was highlighted , and in Europe, it became more noticeable.
That the eggs Allowing 13 passes from the opponent (The so-called bpd) before making an attempt to steal it is not normal for many that this is your way. For example:, The city is just waiting for 9 passes. And Bayern 8 (the one with the least). And when he makes the attempt, it’s not in a very aggressive way, which makes things easier for his opponent. However he is The seventh most committed mistakes (27, for 37 from Sturm Graz, the most). This explains that, not only takes the decision to retrieve the ball, but this often does not show efficiency.
Under physical publication
Another aspect that draws attention is the physical publication. The Whites are Of those who have the least are After the first two days of the Champions League. The official statistics of the competition do not capture the kilometers traveled by all teams in a universal way, but yes for each party. Thus it follows that there are Nothing less than 108,3 km is half an egg. Gone are 122 teams like Bayern, 115 Liverpool, PSG or city, comparing them with two contenders of their level.
The physical data processed by Marka reveals that The most miles covered is Dortmund, with 224,8. The runners – up in Europe are The next rival of the Madridistas. The Manchester City is the one that speeds up the most (2.018, understood by those aged 1.5 – 3 teachers per square second) and Barcelona conducts more extreme accelerations (More than 3 meters per second squared) with 136. In which of them Madrid is among the most prominent.
Don’t dominate the game
Madrid has always had the distinction of being one of the teams with the highest percentage of possession. But not in this Champions League. He’s always wanted the ball and The average possession is 51%, the 15 Most High, is not a good symptom. And even less so when the first two opponents (Stuttgart and Lille), by very skilled workers who are, are not the first two swords of Europe, makes this information is even more alarming.
White does not control, does not control the game. His 1038 assists are only the eleventh highest record among 36 teams. But is this, in addition to, The accuracy of 87.5 % made him fall to the Fourteenth. So it costs you to do risky business.
However, the glass can also be considered half full. Not all data is bad. Madrid did a good job. But it is clear that he has to improve many things to be the undefeated team of last season. There is time and there are matches, but the reaction should not be kept waiting.
