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00:00 Hello everyone, I'm very happy to see you again today.
00:03 First match of Real Madrid for the season 2023/2024.
00:07 First emotions, first win and especially, first remontada!
00:12 Even during friendly matches, Real Madrid allows themselves to make remontadas, this club is too much!
00:17 It's a great pleasure to see you again and to offer you this little video for your breakfast.
00:24 I'm very happy to see new faces, new recruits, Bellingham, Fran Garcia, Roselu, Brahim Diaz.
00:31 To see old players like Vinicius with the number 7.
00:35 We're back for a new season of Real Madrid.
00:38 I think it's the 5th year that I'm going to talk about Real Madrid from start to finish.
00:44 It's a great pleasure.
00:46 I present you the starting composition.
00:48 We started with a 4-4-2 diamond.
00:51 Mandy on the left, who was the starting player instead of Fran Garcia.
00:55 Vasquez on the right, a central midfielder Nacho Militao, Lounine in the box.
01:00 A 4-4-2 with Kroos Valverde, Kamavinga and Jude Bellingham in number 10.
01:05 And a 2-2-2 with the 2 recruits, Roselu, Brahim Diaz.
01:09 We had the offensive triangle that was composed of new recruits.
01:14 And here I'm going to show you something, it's the composition of the 21st team.
01:18 There's nothing that goes on this chain.
01:22 It wasn't even the right tactical device.
01:24 They put Bellingham as an attacker.
01:27 They put Roselu as a left winger.
01:30 And Brahim Diaz, you see, he's called Abdelkader.
01:34 Anyway, we're going to talk about that.
01:36 But really, this chain...
01:39 I think it wasn't very professional of them to put a composition like that.
01:42 And on the field, it was drawn tactically.
01:44 It was really very tight.
01:46 We didn't have a lot of width and that was a problem.
01:49 We see it in this image.
01:51 Real, who is always used to, with his historic 4-3-3,
01:55 to play on the width, to stretch the opponent's block.
01:58 It couldn't be the case today.
02:00 And Real, who had good combinations,
02:03 especially with Bellingham, who was extraordinary in the first half.
02:06 He brought a lot of verticality, combinations in the last 20 meters.
02:10 And it promises.
02:11 Frankly, I think this player, we're not ready.
02:14 He's going to produce wonders for us every game.
02:16 And yeah, I was saying that this lack of width
02:19 destabilized Real Madrid in the first half.
02:22 And we still felt that Benzema was missing,
02:24 especially in the second half, I would say.
02:26 When Rodrigo and Vinicius came in,
02:29 I thought it was missing a link, if you will, between the two Brazilians.
02:33 But on this first half, what I would say is, yeah,
02:36 interesting the new tactical device.
02:38 Of course, the players are not used to playing like that yet.
02:42 But it's mostly the lack of width that makes Real not create a lot of chances.
02:45 And lead 2-0 in the second half.
02:48 So the first steps of Bellingham.
02:50 I was really looking forward to it.
02:51 Let's say I got up to see Bellingham, really.
02:54 And I wasn't disappointed at all.
02:56 Quite the opposite, quite the opposite.
02:58 Even if I find his first steps a little shy.
03:01 After, let's say, a quarter of an hour of play, he got into his match.
03:04 And there he took the lead in the middle of the field,
03:06 especially to make the link between the middle and the attack.
03:09 And we saw him several times,
03:10 make percussions with his big legs, his accelerations.
03:14 And when the guy will be 100% in a league like the Liga,
03:18 which is not very physically tough,
03:20 I think he has a way to impose himself and cause a lot of damage.
03:24 We continue, my friends,
03:25 since it is Milan who opened the score by Tomori,
03:27 you see it on the image, on a corner.
03:29 So there, marking problem.
03:31 And especially Lounine who doesn't come out.
03:33 Lounine, who was for me one of the weak links tonight.
03:36 So here it is, lack of concentration on the stone blows.
03:39 That doesn't change compared to previous years.
03:41 A goalkeeper who doesn't take his courage in his own hands
03:44 and who doesn't come out, even if it was a corner.
03:46 And normally, goalkeepers on entering corners can come out and anticipate.
03:51 And Tomori, who reminds me, in a way, of Rudiger,
03:54 who opened the score for him.
03:56 Brem Diaz, on his side, was also his first encounter.
04:00 I find him interesting.
04:01 I think it's a profile like Asensio, but more lively on the supports.
04:05 Capable, I think, to eliminate in small spaces.
04:08 He lacked cold blood during the finish.
04:12 But I think he's a player who will be on the bench,
04:15 but who will be very important in the rotation of the team, like Roselu.
04:19 So, Roselu, I didn't put any images.
04:20 He was rather discreet tonight.
04:22 But the little we saw, I think he will bring a lot as a replacement, obviously.
04:27 I mean, he will be much more useful than a Mariano who was totally ineffective.
04:32 The weak point of this first half was the wingers.
04:36 It was shouting to see that Real Madrid's weak point was really at these positions.
04:40 Lucas Vazquez was rather noisy, even if he had good intentions, I find, with the Spaniards.
04:46 And Mendy, on the other hand, clumsy.
04:48 So, a lot of injuries last year, obviously.
04:51 But I find that technically, it's still a class below his teammates.
04:55 And that's not the first time we've seen it.
04:56 He brings it really physically and on his defensive rigor.
05:00 But technically, when we went after Marcelo and Roberto Carlos,
05:03 we're not at all on the same wavelength.
05:06 And we saw that in the second half, I didn't put the slide,
05:10 Fran Garcia when he came in.
05:12 It's not the same thing.
05:13 The little mobile on the left side, which accelerated, which overflowed to go help Vinicius.
05:18 Well, with this friendly match, don't worry anymore.
05:22 It will be Fran Garcia the starter and Mendy who will be replacing.
05:25 It may be the opportunity to make a video in the week to explore this track.
05:29 And second half, oh no, I forgot to tell you.
05:33 It's the second goal of Milan, it's Romero who scores the shot in the middle of the goal.
05:37 Well, I saw that there are people on Twitter who got excited about Lunin.
05:41 I think the shot is still well framed.
05:43 It reminds me exactly the same shot of Rafinha during the Clasico,
05:47 during the friendly match last year.
05:49 Same trajectory, it was courteous in the goals at the time.
05:52 And he had taken the goal as well.
05:54 So I think we were a little hard on this shot,
05:57 even if Lunin is not free from any reproach for this meeting.
06:00 And he's also part of my flops.
06:02 It was Vinicius' first goal, who came in the second half,
06:06 like Chouameni, like Modric, like Rodrigo.
06:08 I think there were 8 or 9 changes in the half.
06:11 And it was Vinicius' first match with this number 7.
06:15 He's the successor of Hugo Sanchez, Boutragueno, Raul, Ronaldo.
06:21 And normally, we're going to enter a Vinicius era,
06:24 since this player has been staying with this number for a long time,
06:29 on Real Madrid's side.
06:31 And it was him who simply offered the goal of victory.
06:34 So that's Valverde's equalization.
06:37 No, Valverde's reduction of the score on a far shot.
06:40 Big bullet from the goalkeeper.
06:42 So we were playing the 56th minute of the game.
06:44 Here, it's the equalization 2 minutes later, 58th.
06:48 It reminds me of the scenarios of the rebounds of Ada,
06:50 especially in the Champions League.
06:52 This club is incredible, still bouncing.
06:55 Real Madrid, like Djokovic in tennis,
06:59 they're going into the opponents' heads.
07:01 So even if they're leading 2-0, 3-0,
07:04 as soon as they reduce the score,
07:06 reduce the gap by one or two goals,
07:08 the opponent starts to fall psychologically.
07:12 And especially Real Madrid, they're moving forward,
07:14 rolling mode, we're going into your head, we're eating your brain.
07:17 Well, that was just a friendly match, obviously.
07:19 And especially that it starts from a mistake of a goalkeeper.
07:22 I saw a reaction from the Real players, and that's nice.
07:25 So, Valverde's double, who we can maybe put as the man of the match,
07:29 even if he was, I think, discreet in the first half.
07:32 But he's the type of player who's normally
07:34 brought to do a very, very big season for Real Madrid
07:36 as a right-wing midfielder, or right-wing attacker, or right-wing defender.
07:41 In short, he's going to occupy all this right-wing corridor.
07:44 And so the victory was won by Vinicius Junior,
07:48 the Real Madrid franchise player,
07:50 while waiting for Mbappé, but who will have number 7,
07:53 passes deep into Luka Modric,
07:55 he takes the top on the Danish defender,
07:58 and there he's going to cheat Mike Menyan of a cross-up,
08:00 with this beautiful number 7, golden on a black background.
08:04 I don't know yet if I would take Bellingham, Mbappé or Vinicius in black jersey,
08:10 because I think I would take the three jerseys,
08:12 but I would like to maybe, I think the black one is still associated with Bellingham,
08:16 since he's the first player I've seen, really,
08:18 with this jersey when he left the airport.
08:21 So maybe I would take Bellingham with the number 5,
08:24 for this black jersey, which is absolutely magnificent, a real banger.
08:28 So to finish this video, friends,
08:30 since it's a debrief that will be quite short, finally,
08:33 my tops and my flops.
08:35 So my tops, I chose Bellingham,
08:37 who lost very few balls, who was effective,
08:40 who played simple while bringing his verticality,
08:43 so I found that interesting.
08:45 So good first for Bellingham.
08:47 Valverde, I put him as the man of the match,
08:50 that's why he's in the middle,
08:52 doubled, he's the one who totally relaunches the meeting in two minutes,
08:56 even if in the first half, as I said earlier,
08:59 we didn't have the best version of the Uruguayan.
09:01 And I also put Vinicius,
09:03 because Vinicius, if you want,
09:06 we see that he's still the best player in Real Madrid,
09:09 he's the one who offers the victory tonight.
09:11 Small point, as I said at the beginning of the video,
09:13 I found a moment, if you want,
09:15 that he was Benzema's orphan,
09:17 when he was going left,
09:19 usually he likes to play Benzema, who plays as a pivot,
09:22 there was no one there,
09:23 there was just Nico Paz who came in,
09:25 who made his debut, the young man from Castilla,
09:27 who is 18 years old,
09:29 but he doesn't have the profile of a Benzema to play as a support.
09:31 And Rodrigo, the same, when he was on the right,
09:33 usually he likes to play as a number 9,
09:35 on a pivot.
09:37 Wouldn't it be a bit too much,
09:39 the future pivot, the one who made a story not long ago
09:41 on the pivot-guing, it would be the best,
09:43 but I think Real will need a number 9,
09:45 because I have the impression that these two Brazilians,
09:47 a little bit crazy,
09:49 they need a support.
09:51 So that's it for my tops,
09:53 and we're going to move on to my flops.
09:55 I put Mandy,
09:57 which I found very, very noisy, very average.
09:59 Rolance,
10:01 which I didn't find excellent,
10:03 technically very poor.
10:05 Offensively, as usual,
10:07 he doesn't take any risks,
10:09 especially with Mandy's performance.
10:11 Nacho, because he's at the origin,
10:13 I don't know if we're going to see it,
10:15 I don't have the image,
10:17 but he's at the origin of the second goal of Milan.
10:19 He makes a full-axis, left-footed, ground-kick.
10:21 There's nothing more dangerous in modern football.
10:23 And it's Lucas Romero who's going to take the ball
10:25 and who's going to light the unit at 20 meters.
10:27 So there you go, Nacho,
10:29 you're the captain of Real Madrid,
10:31 you have the armband, show the example,
10:33 and this kind of kickback that you don't do
10:35 when you're Benjamin at football,
10:37 when you're the captain of Real Madrid,
10:39 it hurts. And I put Lounine,
10:41 because in the Arian game,
10:43 I found him very poor, he only made one stop
10:45 at the end of the game.
10:47 Otherwise, you can feel the weight of the jersey.
10:49 Last year, I remember,
10:51 in friendly matches, he was very good,
10:53 especially against, I think, Milan,
10:55 and against Glasgow,
10:57 against the Rangers,
10:59 since Courtois was absent.
11:01 I found him very good at the time, remember.
11:03 There, he disappointed me.
11:05 That's all I had to say for this first debrief
11:07 of Real Madrid. First win,
11:09 emotions, of course, a new tactical pattern,
11:11 so there are things to refine.
11:13 Everything wasn't perfect. If I have to remember
11:15 two things, it's that we'll have
11:17 the same squad as last year,
11:19 that is, Valverde,
11:21 we'll have Vinicius,
11:23 and I think the two big recruits
11:25 for now are Fran Garcia,
11:27 who's going to be exceptional
11:29 as a left back. People aren't ready.
11:31 And I don't know if you've seen the photos
11:33 on social media, but he has incredible muscle.
11:35 He's a big, big worker.
11:37 And I think it'll be Bellingham
11:39 who'll bring what Real Madrid
11:41 lacked, that transition between midfield and attack.
11:43 Thank you, friends, for watching this video,
11:45 and I'll keep you updated
11:47 for an analysis on Fran Garcia,
11:49 and we'll meet again on Wednesday night,
11:51 for the second debrief against Manchester United.
11:53 Bye, friends!