After the three consecutive draws in La Liga against Villarreal, Las Palmas and Eibar and the draw in Champions League against Dortmund it’s the moment to think what’s happening in Real Madrid. Nobody has doubts that the three forwards should be Cristiano, Bale and Benzema but there are some other players like Morata, Lucas Vázquez and Asensio who are not having too many minutes since BBC came back to the pitch.
When Zidane was appointed as Real Madrid coach he said that the BBC were going to be in the starting 11 and that was non-negociable. The statistics and the line-ups have corroborated the French manager theory, who has chosen Cristiano, Bale and Benzema in the most important games. The latest example is Champions League game against Borussia Dortmund.
Real Madrid last results have reopen the debate if the other attackers should play more, because they were the ones who played in the beginning of the season with very good performances. These players are Lucas, Asensio and Morata. With them in the line up in the beginning of the season, Los Blancos won six consecutive games in La Liga and the European Super Cup. When these players were in the attacking line with Bale, Real Madrid equalized the record Guardiola has of 16 straight wins in La Liga.
With the return of the BBC, these players are not having the minutes they might deserve. For example Lucas Vázquez was playing the 52% of the minutes and now he is playing only the 10% and in the last two games he didn’t play any minute. Meanwhile Álvaro Morata played 60% in the first six victories of Real Madrid and now his minutes had dropped until 40%. In the last 4 games, Morata only played once in the starting 11. However, Morata has had minutes in all the games of this season.
Asensio became the revelation of the season with his goals and he played 64% of the minutes in the first six matches. He was in the line up letting on the bench players as James and Isco but later he began to play less. Marco Asensio didn’t play any minute in the match against Villarreal and he didn’t entered in the list for the match in Dortmund.
