This is the Surprising Adjective Maldini Uses for Real Madrid's First Half

Real Madrid left a good performance in their last 2024 game. Sevilla's visit to Santiago Bernabéu was an ideal moment to show the way forward for the rest of the season... after the doubts expressed in previous months.

The challenging competitive moment experienced by Carlo Ancelotti's men during October and November seems to have come to an end, with the thrashing of Sevilla. For Julio Maldonado, known as "Maldini," the team coached by García Pimienta was "very soft". Thus, it didn't offer the rivalry many expected for last Sunday's game.

However, "Maldini" can only surrender to the evidence. "The feeling that a Sevilla fans might have is that, if the team had been a little more aggressive, maybe they would have had a few more chances. However, it's true that in the first half, Madrid was unstoppable; when you give them a little more space, when you're a little soft...".

The analyst understands that "this team, which has high quality, crushes you" if the conditions are similar to those posed by Sevilla in their visit to Santiago Bernabéu. The praise for Ancelotti's approach and the performances of the Meringues don't stop there.

Few negative remarks

So much so that "Maldini" confesses that "the match was a recital by Real Madrid, especially in the first half". The match set up by the white club was of high quality thanks, for example, to "players with the precision like those of Real Madrid".

The high performance of Carlo Ancelotti's players in the match against Sevilla leaves magnificent impressions among Madrid fans for the remainder of the current season. The end of the 2024 calendar leaves this conclusion from Julio Maldonado.

"Real Madrid closes a great year, with a great team performance and with the feeling that Mbappé is gradually reaching the cruising speed he needs". According to "Maldini," this notable improvement of Kylian Mbappé comes just in time for "the key moment of the season, which is from January onwards". That's where most of the merengue team's chances, both in La Liga and the Champions League, will be at stake.

Julio Maldonado makes it clear that Real Madrid needs the best Kylian Mbappé to be able to claim victory in those "absolutely decisive matches". Because the possibility of winning the third title of the season next month is also at stake: the Spanish Super Cup.