Good times for The Factory at Real Madrid. The model of the junior player bringing their force into play was exhausted. Now the white set gives up, sells, buys and makes the youngsters grow. Valdebebas has opened the doors to white blackbirds from all over the world to compete with the national product. The result is a projection of guarantees that was shown in the team's debut in the 2020-2021 season.
Everything that makes us think of 2021 gives us hope. Even if it is the surname of the season that has just begun and that will end, if all goes well, in May next year. Let us hope that this pandemic that has turned everything upside down will also be over. The Real Madrid model has also been altered. A stadium undergoing pharaonic construction and with no renowned signings in sight. The club has set in motion the model that it has been cultivating for years at its best.
The first game in Anoeta against Real Sociedad ended in an entertaining zero draw. Real Madrid returned to the style with which they won the title last season. Not conceding any goals and controlling the match. Even if the model doesn't please everyone, it can give a great result, at least in Spain. In Europe you need a goal and Madrid still doesn't have a striker.
While Zidane and Florentino Pérez continue to treat Benzema as a striker, the team is renewing itself in the rest of the positions. In San Sebastian Zidane lined up Odegaard as a starter and sat down Casemiro. He escorted him with Modric and Kroos and put Rodrygo and Vinicius on the sidelines. Only a 9 with more goals than Benzema was missing for the white machine to have the perfect pieces.
The untouchable Casemiro was joined in the changes by Valverde, Marvin and Sergio Arribas. The latter two received Zidane's award for winning the Youth League in August under Raúl. A policy totally consistent. A gesture that depends on the involvement of the coach with the club. And Zidane's is to be made president one day.
Marvin (20) is a midfielder with Nigerian, Korean and Spanish blood. But the most important thing is that he won the junior Champions League for Real Madrid and Zidane showed his talent with minutes in the First Division. Arribas (18 years old) is a left-handed midfielder who is also a Youth League champion. Last season he scored 16 goals in the Youth League. Both of Zidane's award-winning players have the responsibility to continue growing for Real Madrid.
It is a mystery what will happen to these two youngsters when the season rolls around, the Champions League arrives and Barça measure their white performance. The normal thing would be that they disappeared and Zidane put to the equipment in hands of veterans. But Blanco's story is no longer written like that. The staff is perfectly balanced between youngsters and veterans so that one can take over from the other. The League will be their testing ground. In return, Europe will have to wait a few years.
The factory produces at a good pace and Real Madrid uses its "jewels" for many purposes. Anoeta has been aware of Real Madrid's illness for several years. Scoring a goal. There is no pure striker and the rest share what they can. Which is not little, but it could be more and better. Mayoral and Jovic were on the bench. Two strangers to Zidane. The alternative to the goal is Mariano. A guy who does not choke on the goal and who was convalescing from a throat operation.