Güler leads Real Madrid's walk at Mestalla against an incapable Valencia

Real Madrid was unquestionably superior from start to finish. First on the field and, little by little, on the scoreboard to transfer all the pressure to the Metropolitano. He only suffered the wrath of an always uncomfortable Mestalla, but not of Valencia, who barely caused any concern, ended up unhinged and with their captain expelled because the referee had a hard time taming a duel that had chaos even in the locker room tunnel. [Narrative and statistics (0-3)]

Perhaps because Mourinho had not set foot on this field for 13 years or because the last visits brought short and hard-fought victories, Madrid showed its most serious face against a Valencia in which no one believed. Aguirre's team is not there to fight the whites for victory, not even under the effervescence of their parish. An honorable game is the only thing that a crowd as angry as they were resigned to waiting for better times wanted...if they come.

Real Madrid has found an eleven that seems infallible, with Tchouaméni and Bernardo Silva, starting for the third consecutive game, in charge and Güler with the loaded wand. The Turk dressed as a leader and the three of them were enough to find the cracks in the cement that Aguirre put on the field. Valencia took cover to defend by accumulation and managed to hold out for a while, but they continue to make mistakes that have them at the bottom of the standings. It is not a coincidence, but the reflection of the disaster that not even the Mexican can fix.

Only one owner of the ball

The duel, without Vinicius, started with the emotion of the tribute to De Miguel and it was Mbappé who was the first to step into the area in the face of constant pressure from Pepelu, a jack-of-all-trades who tried to keep the Frenchman under control. The ball only had one owner and the game was played in the middle of the field. When Valencia managed to recover, Danjuma and Sadiq have a world left to get closer to Courtois. The whites did not need to speed up, because Diomande was going to appear to test Dimitrievski and Mbappé to examine the center backs' attention.

The first attacking play for Valencia, who did not want to lose face of the game, was made by Aaron Mayol. The kid pushed Konaté and Huijsen's ball out from the front, stole and created a shot that forced the Belgian goalkeeper to show off. That energy in the 20th minute made the Valencians grow, with Sadiq being able to step into the area to hunt down a Gayà cross that Cucurella saved. Even the captain dared to steal a ball from the French star when he was trying to tickle him. That effervescence that made the stands vibrate did not last long.

The revolution only served to overexcite Maffeo, who saw yellow for a foul on Mbappé that ended up costing him dearly. The Frenchman's shot bounced off the barrier, but fell from the sky to a solitary Valverde who, from the front, where he likes it, fired his shot to score the first goal. Opened the can before half an hour, the second one didn't take long. Bellingham appeared on the left bank, fought to the baseline and placed a cross that Tárrega bit and Güler took advantage of to score with an impeccable right foot. Valencia could have gone into the break with the third in a too-crossed shot by Diomande. This caused Rudiger, Bellingham and Militao to be the protagonists of a brawl in the locker room tunnel with the intervention of stadium security.

For the second half, Aguirre wanted to threaten something more and switched to a center back for Rioja, but Madrid continued to have a scenario without too much demand that almost allowed them to keep calm and risk some whiplash like the one Konaté tried looking for Güler, offside, and Mbappé starting into space, beating Pepelu and forcing Dimitrievski to save the third. He tried again just a minute later with the same result. Even without pressing the accelerator, they made Valencia suffer, which showed signs of unraveling.

The move of the local bench was to send another kid to the field, Aimar Blázquez, to take Maffeo off the field before he was sent off and lunge in the midfield, but it did not prevent Dimitrievski from having to save Bellingham's shot and Mbappé's forced overhead kick. The only response was a counter from Guerra that Danjuma finished off so that Courtois was not just a spectator. It was a mirage as Bellingham searched for their goal.