However, I must commend Osasuna for putting up a highly competitive fight against Real Madrid. They truly made it difficult for Real Madrid's players to score goals, even though Mbappe and his teammates controlled over 60% of the ball possession. Osasuna's defense was extremely tough to break through.
Yeah, Osasuna players made this match very difficult for Madrid. Madrid fans thought that Madrid would win the first match easily and start the season with a big win. But Osasuna players proved their idea wrong. Osasuna players showed us the weaknesses of Madrid's attack very well.
But personally I don't like this kind of gameplay. Osasuna didn't make any attempt to score in this match. The match was completely one-sided. Although Madrid players couldn't score any goals except for the penalty. Even then we saw Madrid's dominance throughout the match. If Osasuna didn't play so badly defensively, the match would have been more exciting and enjoyable.
Those who watched the game will not say that Osasuna performed well on the field. Osasuna's defense position was better than Real Madrid's attacking line-up, as a result of which they did not see a goal despite having more possession and shooting the ball on target. The way Xabi Alonso used the players in the first match of La Liga and the way the players exchanged the ball among themselves, if Xabi Alonso does this plan in the next matches as well, then Real Madrid will only be able to keep the ball in their possession but they will not be able to score goals. I don't know why I always miss the old Real Madrid, before Real Madrid kept the ball in their possession and counter-attacked very well and watching Real Madrid's game at that time, it seemed that this game was completely organized but it doesn't seem like that now. Real Madrid failed last season, so I don't want them to end the season with failure next season either. I think they should change their attacking position strategy.
Osasuna chose to survive in this match, they did not want to open a gap so that their attack did not have a very strong escort because they knew that if they did the attack, Real Madrid had the opportunity to penetrate the defense, what Osasuna did was a form of full defense, making Real Madrid did not get more opportunities in scoring goals better than they had to open themselves.
Indeed, the match like that is not interesting, but such things really make it difficult for Xabi Alonso and his squad.