#5 Abject defending by Real for the second goal and Zidane’s tinkering
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Real Madrid under Zinedine Zidane have a relatively questionable defensive record, although they went 40 games unbeaten, they’ve simply outscored the opposition and not kept it as tight at the back as they would have liked. They have now conceded 39 goals in 31 games – an average of 1.26 goals a game – while keeping only 6 clean sheets in all competitions thus far.
Calling the Madrid defence all over the place for the second goal against Celta would be an understatement; it was shambolic.
The gap between Varane and Ramos was as big as the grand canyon. After they lost the ball they could not sort themselves out quickly enough and conceded what would be the winning goal for the visitors. Zidane also tinkered further in this game after going a goal down by switching to a back three and playing a 3-4-3 with only one wing back after he brought off Marcelo, putting Benzema, Morata and Ronaldo up front.
A goal was needed, but the formation was quite odd and the switch to a back three, like he did in the game against Sevilla, did not help their cause to great effect. Zidane should probably stick to the formation that works best for his side rather than attempting to change things drastically.
