Although the new "Real" team's coach has not yet amazed the world with his achievements at the current club, the impregnable defensive line he formed this year is increasingly drawing comparisons with the coach from Portugal.
Benitez's arrival in Madrid was greeted by a rather unusual phenomenon in the football world - the joy pouring from the hearts of the main competitors. However, the former "Liverpool" coach has already proven that defeating the team under his leadership will be truly challenging.
Goal.com wrote that if last season's vice champions manage to avoid failure against "Celta", something their main competitors from Barcelona failed to do, their unbeaten streak in local competitions would increase to nine. Such a start to the season would allow Benitez to come closer to the record of the Madrid team, currently held by Mourinho - 13 matches without defeat at the start of the "La Liga" season.
The solidarity of the "Real" team is built on a solid defense, where goalkeeper Keylor Navas and defenders Sergio Ramos and Raphael Varane shine.
Such a solid defense has not been seen in Madrid for more than twenty years at the beginning of the season. If Benitez's proteges can keep their goal clean in the upcoming matches, they will repeat the result achieved in the beginning of the 1988-1989 season, when the "Real" team conceded only two goals in the first nine games.
One can already notice the similarities between these coaches in terms of the defensive tactics used and the achievements at the start of the season. However, for "Real" fans, the most important thing is how Benitez will perform in matches against the main competitors in the most crucial games of the season. So now the Spaniard has to continue to prove that he was not accidentally chosen to become the coach of the star-studded team. The strategist will have this opportunity today, in the match against the excellent-starting team "Celta Vigo".
