24-year-old Lucas Vazquez, a product of Madrid's "Real" club, faced a serious test yesterday. The forward, who returned to Madrid this summer, replaced Cristiano Ronaldo in the starting lineup against Manchester City in yesterday's match. L. Vazquez played the full 90 minutes against the "citizens." His contribution in attack was not very prominent, but the Spaniard stood out with his work rate in every inch of the pitch. Statistics showed that the "Real" academy product ran more in the match than any other player from both teams. L. Vazquez ran 13.3 kilometers, while the most in the home team (11.5 km) were run by Fernandinho and Kevin De Bruyne. During the season, L. Vazquez managed to take a spot even from one of the main players of the previous season, James Rodriguez. Interestingly, despite the attacking trio of BBC, the Spaniard is still the first choice off the bench. Zinedine Zidane gives preference to him over J. Rodriguez, Isco, or Jese Rodriguez. It seems that Z. Zidane currently prefers hard workers on the field rather than attacking full-backs like J. Rodriguez or Isco. L. Vazquez is not a newcomer to running the most distance among all players on the team. Against Roma and Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League, the forward covered more than 12 kilometers. After the match yesterday, the player mentioned his hard work on the field to the journalists: "Naturally, in this game, you need to run a lot. If you don't do that, you can get hurt badly. So I did everything to be in every spot on the field." This season, L. Vazquez played 29 matches for "Real," scoring four goals and providing nine assists.
