Eduardo Camavinga?s defensive positioning and the process of Real Madrid?s results
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Some notes from the last few Real Madrid games These observations ? where I look at Real Madrid?s history, its players on loan, Castilla, tactical tidbits, and other relevant thoughts ? are now a regular thing. All previous editions can be found here.
Two things on my mind as we head into the international break: Camavinga?s defense, and Real Madrid getting the job done against Leipzig despite not playing particularly well.
Results without performance
It is Real Madrid heritage to grind out results when not playing well. In the Champions League, it has been this way enough times to simply laugh it off. There are seasons where Real Madrid steamroll through, without inflicting doubt that they are the best team in the world. There are other season where they are underdogs (and there have been plenty of those in history) where they punch above their weight before lifting the trophy at the end. This season, they are somewhere in between. They have a collection of talent that can go toe-to-toe with anyone, and, results wise, they have barely faltered. The eye test at times has told us something different than the results: that this is a team that has gone through impressive patches filled with beautiful football amid injury crises; with a recent run of form that has been far below Real Madrid standards, on both ends of the field.
The two legs against Leipzig were jarringly bad, akin to the performances in 2022 agai...
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