Real Madrid wins its 36th league based on commitment and improvement
To win a league title and have it come out of the mouth of your greatest rival that he was better than you in the two matches you played may be one of the worst affronts Real Madrid has encountered in its history. What Xavi Hernández said at a press conference after being swept 4-2 against Girona and not even reaching third place is what the white team has become accustomed to in recent years.
To that and to winning. His trajectory is inversely proportional to the Barça debacle, with leagues and Champions Leagues built with such a solid team that it could be the most valuable in the world if this were played by teams like in Formula 1. It all started in August with Courtois breaking his knee in training and with Lunin about to pack his bags. The same injury that Militao had and, unfortunately, exactly the same misfortune that He Praises. Three defensive pillars of Real Madrid were falling and everything indicated that the season was going to be very long with such a depleted defense.
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Carletto's positive inertia led him to sit Modric down without the Croatian making a bad face. Kroos returned to Germany and is still thinking about his future and, while all the machinery was working, in the Champions League they were on their way until the decisive moment with City that ended with an agonizing victory, passage to the semifinals and a league that had to be decided before the battle against Bayern Munich.
Neither the derbies nor the Classics have destabilized Real Madrid. The Atlético de Madrid that won at the Bernabéu could have been the kryptonite of this team, but the overlooked mistakes were detected and solved very quickly so that there was no second half. The Clásicos were won with an excellent game despite Xavi's attempted humiliation, typical of an overrated manager and anxious about the future that is coming his way.
Such is the overcoming of this team that, against Cádiz, Ancelotti returned Militao and Courtois to the eleven to measure their recovery before the Champions League second leg and a hypothetical final on June 1. The goalkeeper thing will be a problem when it's all over, but, for the moment, the unity that there is in that dressing room is not going to be broken by the return to the team of a player as transcendental as the Belgian.
Such is the overcoming of this team that, against Cádiz, Ancelotti returned Militao and Courtois to the eleven to measure their recovery before the Champions League second leg and a hypothetical final on June 1. The goalkeeper thing will be a problem when it's all over, but, for the moment, the unity that there is in that dressing room is not going to be broken by the return to the team of a player as transcendental as the Belgian.
Although the Spanish league suffers from great signings and does not have that Big Six of the Premier League with more teams fighting for the title against Madrid and Barça, los blancos have won matches in complicated stadiums, with a very complicated atmosphere generated by that racist scourge that has set on Vinicius to attack him mercilessly. Those matches were also overcome and now it remains for the Brazilian to also do his part to remove the label of controversial player, without that justifying the racist insults, for the good of the team.
The league champion has only one game left to put the tie on the season. Beating the Germans and reaching the Wembley grand final would give this squad the ability to receive Mbappé without sporting needs. The best team in the world, of those that are still managed the old-fashioned way, is still Real Madrid. And they're 36.
