Real Madrid doesnt progress in the league

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The most serious Athletic of the season prevents the Zidane team from taking advantage of the Barça puncture to cut distances in the standings

Sergio Ramos ended up expelled after two nudges to Aduriz and Raúl García
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Real Madrid has its greatest sin in its virtue. So great and powerful is that his mere presence is capable of transforming his rivals. There is no better empirical demonstration than the one put into practice by Athletic, that team that only 72 hours before had bottomed out losing at home against a Formentera of mileuristas who share a floor. But Real Madrid arrives and the errors of concentration disappear, the slip-ups on set pieces and even the fear of failure, however paradoxical it may sound. [Narration and statistics: 0-0] Athletic was more serious than it is this season and Real Madrid ball was almost choking. Zidane's team was spurred by Barcelona's draw against Celta, aware that every opportunity to cut points to the leader may already be unrepeatable, given the gap in the classification. No concession was made by Zidane, who for the first time in the entire season fielded the eleven players who lifted the Cardiff Championships last June. But neither Madrid knew how to win, nor Athletic allowed him to explore too many ways to get it. It was a new bad night of the white strikers, imprecise face to goal and disconnected among them, did not walk better midfielders. Nobody in white shone in a San Mamés as delivered as usual in the classics. The psychological battle won without a doubt the Athletic, desperate Madrid and even achieving the expulsion of Sergio Ramos, after taking the elbow in two jumps with Aduriz and Raúl García, his two perfect nemesis. Will not play next week in the visit of Sevilla to the Bernabéu, a compromise always tricky.

Practically with one of those nudges began a first part of alternate domain, with chances for the two sets in a climate of maximum intensity. Little by little a known badness of the Athletic one was verified, its inattention to the frontal of the area for the second plays, but the Madrid did not know how to take advantage of it. Also soon came what was perhaps the clearest chance of Madrid in the whole match, a shot to the stick of Benzema that Kepa saw, with relief, from the distance. There was morbidity to scrutinize the young Athletic goalkeeper, but his work was minimal . When he had it, yes, he solved it with the usual efficiency. Keylor Navas was more demanded, since although Athletic threw less, it did it with more aim. A header from Aduriz and a whiplash from Williams allowed the Costa Rican to make ground in front of who could soon become its direct competitor. As the minutes went by and especially after Iturraspe's injury, the team's clock, Real Madrid was going up lines, appropriating the ball exclusively and bottling the Ziganda team in their area. They were difficult moments for Athletic, but always maintained the concentration and good work. His best opportunity was one that did not exist, as the referee stopped an action in which Cristiano stood in front of Kepa for a kick from Etxeita to Modric. The Portuguese, however, seemed to be offside. After the expulsion of Ramos, Madrid gave up and ended up bailing water from their own goal. By then, I knew I had lost a greedy opportunity.