Real Madrid have the best offense and defence – La Liga News
Spanish giants Real Madrid are a rejuvenated team in La Liga. The title challengers boast the best attacking and defensive statistics in the league to date this season, registering victory-galore on the way.
This season Real Madrid have reached the attacking third more times than the previous year, generating more scoring chances in the process. Consequently, their scoring records outweigh their last season’s tally, where they broke the 100-goal mark in Primera
Division.
Los Blancos have scored 36 goals thus far: 28 in La Liga and 8 in UEFA Champions League. Comparing these statistics with their heroics of last season, the whites had 27 goals to show for their efforts: 22 in the domestic competition while 5 in Europe.
Cristiano Ronaldo, Gonzalo Higuain and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Karim-Benzema-c20350 have taken the scoring challenge and their rivals have suffered as a result. Real Madrid are going strong despite all the defensive changes that Mourinho had to ring this season.
Coaches do not like playing with defences in between injuries and suspensions. However, forced modifications by the Portuguese tactician have worked like a charm on several occasions.
Real have made seven defensive changes in thirteen different competitive games they have played so far. Nevertheless, the squad is getting used to such changes, conceding 11 goals in all competitions and only one in their last five.
Mourinho has used upto eight players in defence: Ramos, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Marcelo-c23554, Arbeloa, Varane, Albiol and Coentrao.
Los Galacticos have experimented with five different central defensive pairs.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Xabi-Alonso-c37045 continues as the most utilized player by Jose Mourinho in the current campaign. He has not missed a single minute in any competition thus far, while his midfield partners have been rotated. Being central to Mourinho’s plans, he does not enjoy
the same relaxation time afforded to his fellows.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alonso-c5254 has played every minute of La Liga, 720 in total. He has not found rest in Champions League either, totalling 270 in three games.
Add the 180 minutes he played in the Spanish Super Cup against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Iker-Casillas-c16815.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cristiano-Ronaldo-c9629 is the next player Mourinho has used more frequently, with 1113 minutes to his name.
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