Zidane changed his drawing to introduce the Uruguayan, whom he praised after the game
Zidane he forgot his usual 4-3-3, and even the 3-5-2 of the European triumph against Atalanta, to give entry to Fede Valverde in the center of the field and draw a 4-4-2 in which the Uruguayan had flight and deployment, oxygenating a medullary in which Kroos Y Modric keep marking the times and Casemiro provides the necessary shovels of cement to support the building. The performance of the Uruguayan deserved the praise of Zizou in the press room. “We asked him to play on the outside and a little on the inside, he has done well near Karim. His energy gives us a lot. Fede is very well and we are happy“.
Zidane does not forget about the physical problems who has suffered the midfielder so far this season, those two injuries that have made him miss up to twelve games so far this year, and all this in one line, the media line, caught with tweezers due to the lack of continuity of Isco and the output of Odegaard to Arsenal in the last winter market.
In this context, the participation of Valverde seems vital in the final stretch of the season, in which the big titles are decided. Possibly yesterday is not the last game in which Zidane decides to inject gasoline in the center of the field with the presence of the Uruguayan, a footballer with virtues complementary to those of the rest of his line mates. It offers the necessary route to stretch the team in moments of urgency and is an important asset in the pressure that has been giving Madrid such good results in recent games. It multiplies, in short, the options of your trainer for the machine room.
