Zidane's flexibility shows Simeone's deficit

French coach Zinedine Zidane, Real Madrid's coach, led his team to win the derby with a clean goal over neighbor Atlético Madrid, and he broke the knot that followed the Meringue in his stronghold "Santiago Bernabeu" by not defeating the neighbor for 8 years.

"Zizou" proved that he and his team are on the right track, scoring 3 very valuable points during the Meringue career in order to regain the Liga title.

The Argentine Diego Simeone started the game with the usual playing method (4-4-2), with Vettolo next to Alvaro Morata in the offensive line, to make up for the absence of injured Joao Felix.

In the middle were the Quartet Saul, Party, Llorente, and Korea, and the Quad Defense, Lodi, Felipe, Savic,

And Versallico, in front of the goalkeeper Oplak.

Simeone made a distinguished first step on all sides, and succeeded in putting pressure on Al-Meringi and threatening Thibaut Courtois goal in more than one opportunity, in addition to maintaining the defensive block.

Lucho secured Frenchman Karim Benzema throughout the first leg of the match, and the Frenchman did not show any seriousness because he was not provided with any balls.

Simeone forced Real Madrid players to send in the cross, which the Meringue did not fully benefit from.

And if the Rojeblancos had a great striker, he would take advantage of the opportunities presented to the team in the first half, and he would have gone out of his way in the result.

Zidane started the game in a playable way (4-2-3-1) with Courtois in front of goal, in front of the quadruple Carvajal, Varan, Ramos, and Mindy, and in the center Casemiro, Cross, Valverde and Isco on the sides, Modric in the rear, in front of Benzema.

Croes and Isco were not at their best levels during the first half, in addition to the absence of the offensive tendency of the team, which prompted "Zizou" to push Vasquez and Vinicius, and convert the method of play to (4-3-3).

Zidane succeeded in controlling the whole game in the second half, and he was the most dangerous and opportunity-making party.

"Zizou" proved the success of his choices, as substitute Vinicius Jr. contributed to the goal scored by Benzema, and it is calculated that the French coach did not delay in making the changes as he used in previous games.

He also counts the French Karim Benzema, that with his experience he managed to take advantage of the opportunity that he had to score the decisive goal.

Simeone deficiency

Simeone appeared completely helpless against Zidane in the second half, after the French changed his tactic on the field, and did not succeed in matching him.

The Argentine changes were somewhat strange, with the withdrawal of the active Alvaro Morata and the pushing of Bellemare, the replacement of striker Vitolo with Carrasco, and finally Parti, as the team seemed completely flimsy in front of the Meringue advance.

Simeone and his team were in an unenviable position, in light of the catastrophic results he was going through recently, as the derby had only hope to return to the right path, and this loss may be the beginning of the end of the Luzhou era.