The result surprised me, madrid were dominant in possession but lost. I think Madrid have almost 70% bali possession. But winning ball possession does not mean Madrid can win. Cadiz was more effective in the game, I saw five shots on goal from Cadiz and Real Madrid only twice on goal. Madrid can't seem to think which way the ball should be directed, they seem to have a deadlock in scoring goals. On top of that, Cadiz accumulated lots of players to defend after they scored.
Yeah, Madrid have 75% ball possession. But i can't say that Madrid played well. Cadiz got less ball possession but they got 11 corner kick and 5 on target shots. After scoring a goal Cadiz played defending football. Because their target was to draw the match or win. And i appreciated that. If they had wanted to score more goals and played aggressive football, they probably wouldn't have won the match. Because Real Madrid's midfielders and forward are strong enough.City have lost almost all their games last season while maintaining high possession rates. Liverpool used to also play like that but we now no longer treasure possession as much, and I can see more direct approaches being tried more often. It's of course correct that opponents cannot attack if they do not have the ball, but mistakes on the break can mean opportunities without creating chances -- which is almost how Liverpool lose goals this season too.
Madrid are now also learning that possession without creativity is going to kill the team spirit after a while too. They allowed 15 chances? Absolute recipe for disaster once defence starts getting tired.
