Beyond the drought. The inability to perform in the last four matches of the Lopetegui team, now measured in minutes to make it look even more pronounced, should not hide Bale's incredible ugly for his team. In the jargon is called erasing to ask for the change for some inconvenience, not leave the field to throw a foul on the edge of the area, not dispute the last ten minutes when, in theory, you are the great offensive referent of the team and finish saying that you go with Wales. If he already plays against Spain, he would touch the offensive. I do not criticize that I pull more his selection, but it is evident that Madrid was never a dream for Gareth. His detachment, which became apparent after the Champions League final, weighed less than his Chilean in Kiev. After that picture would have been a perfect time to return to the Premier, at the same price it cost, and bring to Hazard.

In Madrid they already knew it. The Belgian has spent all summer sending messages to Real Madrid to make the effort to sign him. He has used Courtois directly, through the indirect to his coach, Roberto Martínez. It is not about being an advantage because he is now the Pichichi of the Premier, but it would have been an injection of hope for a supporter who had lost his referent of the last decade and the coach of the three consecutive Champions. On paper, Bale has more goals, but also a desire to injure himself in the most mysterious ways. The Welshman dreams of returning to the Premier and the Belgian with playing in Madrid. The goals in the Champions League finals have changed so many projects in the recent history of Madrid, which is almost frightening.

Mbappé, to pull the hair. In any case, the man who best decodes Florentino's sports model, which is now led by José Ángel Sánchez, insists that Madrid is not going to get out of its equation and would only make a disproportionate investment for a player with a sporting impact. the income statement, that is Mbappé or Neymar. The young French striker had a shot, but in PSG he knew himself indisputable and in Madrid, with the BBC ahead, he did not see it so clear. Now he even discusses the scepter of his team to the Brazilian.

An odious comparison. There is no more perverse comparison in either direction than that of Lopetegui with Benitez. There is more to compare the template that Rafa's Madrid had and the one he has now. But put to play comparisons, it is worth remembering that Benitez was stopped at Valencia in the break of a game against Espanyol and ended up making the team champion. Soccer was always volatile. The novelty is that now it is also hysterical.