Quote from: Frankolala on Today at 08:06:14 PM

Quote from: aylabadia05 on Today at 07:47:34 PM

Real Madrid played well in the first half and the difference in quality between the two teams was very visible. Different squad depths create different ways of building attacks and defense, so so far I agree that Real Madrid will close the first half with a win.

Federico Valverde's goal from outside the box was impressive, it's typical of him. Kylian Mbappe has struggled to capitalize on his chances so far, but I believe he will score before the game is over. There are several things that Madrid need to watch out for in this match, I mean Villarreal is very likely to be able to score goals through counter attacks or crosses. They are dangerous in these two attack schemes, so Real Madrid must be careful if they don't want to concede.

A beautiful goal from Valverde on the 14th minutes made the difference in the first half. It was similar goal to this that Valverde scored last week and I never knew that he has a powerful right foot. Vini was on his best form as he was penetrating Villareal's defense with his tribbles. Mbappe on the other hand was unable to find the back of the net because he hasn't gotten a clear chance.

Villareal was in charge of ball possession, and they lost some good opportunities to equalize the goal before the first half ended. Pepe tried his best to see how his team will get a goal in the first half, but his effort was denied by the top corner bar after a good header. The second half will determine if Real Madrid would score more goals because they look sharper than Villareal in attack.

Real Madrid needs more goals to be sure the victory is sealed, they might be leading but it's not the end of the match even though they're more dominating it's just about 60 plus minus and there's still more time for their opponents to equalize the goal so to be on a more safer side, I think Real Madrid needs to try as much as possible to find the net again and make it 2-0 or 3 if possible or better still defend the 1-0 they're leading. But I think they don't need to be comfortable with just 1-0 cause Villarreal could utilise just one good chance to equalize and park the box and by then it might be too late for Real Madrid to score another and get full three points. However I think the players understands that 1-0 is not enough cause I see how well they're trying to create chances to another goal if not that Villarreal defenders are a little tough and making it slightly difficult to score but I feel another goal would occur in the match and hopefully it would be from Real Madrid cause Villarreal are not looking very dangerous at the moment. Oh what a goal from Vinicius Jnr, he scored even before I finished stating that Real Madrid are the most favourites to score another goal. So fantastic, 2-0 is enough to claim the 3 points against a less dangerous Villarreal team.