When Real Madrid obtained the transfer of Joselufor most it was a piece for piece exchange for Mariano Daz, protagonist of a very poor career in the white club in a period that extended to five seasons. The characteristics of the Spaniard, a powerful ‘9’ in the aerial game and capable of playing with his back turned, made him an alternative for the Madrid attack, which had been left orphaned. Benzema, his great reference in the last five years, although it soon became clear that he was not a footballer with starting status. In fact, he was presented with the number 14not with the 9, which ended up being desert after the white market.
With only four games played, Joselu already improves Mariano’s performance last year. The now Sevilla player barely added 155 minutes, 59 of them in his sole ownership (against Real in Anoeta), no goals or assists. Joselu, for his part, has already added an assist (to Bellingham in Vigo) and a little (before the Getafe in the Bernabu), which could have been more without the mittens of Soria.
In fact, Joselu equals Mariano’s joint production more Hazardwho only scored one goal (before the Celtic in Glasgow) in 392 minutes. In that Champions League match, in which he replaced Benzema half an hour into the game, he also distributed the first of his two assists of the course. The other was in the defeat of Valladolid (6-0) at the Bernabu (matchday 27).
At this point, Joselu adds 181 minutes game, a circumstance that has been favored by the Vinicius injury in the first minutes of the game ballads, on the third day of the League. The Spanish international adds in Vigo 72 minuteswho went to the 90 against Getafe. In the first two days, the visits to Bilbao and Almera, he played a total of 19 minutes.
Despite Vini’s injury, Joselu’s entry has not meant a tactical revolution in the team. Despite his profile as a 9 finisher, Ancelotti has kept his drawing for this season essentially, with luck in the middle and two forwards, although the presence of Joselu allows more freedom of movement to Rodrygofixed in the attack alongside his compatriot, now in dry dock.
Joselu has at least two games left to improve his numbers, since Vini’s return will not occur, in the best of cases, until the derby on the 24th at Cvitas. What is certain is that the duels against Real society y Union Berlin They will be for the former Espanyol player, waiting to see if Ancelotti maintains the idea of the two forwards or surrounds the striker with two wingers who will supply him with balls.
Although the sample is still small, what seems evident is that Madrid has found in Joselu a solution that it did not have before. The residual role of Mariano and Hazard has given way to a greater role for the team’s offensive alternatives, among which it is still trying to make its way Brahim (13 minutes in the last game), waiting for the one Arda Gler that has not yet been able to debut in white.
2023-09-11 10:29:28
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