Marco Asensio is enjoying his first season at Real Madrid and we can say he’s been really successful. Zinedine Zidane gave him the opportunity to play again from the beginning at Butarque against Leganés and the youngster took advantage of the situation and played a great game.
Actually, Asensio was the best player of the game. He assisted Morata and James Rodríguez, worked a lot in the defensive area and helped the team to control the game in the midfield. After the match, Zinedine Zidane showed his happiness with the Spaniard: “He made a great game, we know his quality”, the French manager said.
Despite his words, Asensio is one of the players of the squad with less opportunities in La Liga. Only Fabio Coentrao and Mariano Díaz have enjoyed less minutes in this competition. Asensio has participated in 16 games but only 678 minutes in the whole season. In these games, he had time to score three goals, against Real Sociedad, Las Palmas and Eibar, all the game on the road.
His first season in a big club has been very successful. He started in August scoring an amazing goal against Sevilla in the European Supercup. Afterwards, he was able to score in Copa del Rey and Champions League, and also in the opening match in La Liga, against Real Sociedad.
No one doubted about his quality, but he’s been able to adapt himself very quickly to Real Madrid. Last year he played his first season in La Liga, on loan with Espanyol. He showed his quality as a playmaker, with 34 appearances and 4 goals. Los Blancos signed him in 2015 from Mallorca, paying only €4M for the youngster.
Now Asensio is shining as a winger in the left side of the pitch. He’s very quick and he has showed this skills against Leganés and Sevilla in Copa del Rey with two similar plays. Unfortunately, because of the competitors, he’s not enjoying as many minutes as he deserves, but if he keeps showing this level, he will become one of the best youngster in Spain and, therefore, Zidane should include him more often in the line-up. So far, he’s earn himself another season with Real Madrid.
