Federico Valverde's 'show' Can Lift Real Madrid's Performance

JAKARTA - The start of the 2020/21 season was not a friendly period for Spanish giants Real Madrid. The performance of the team nicknamed Los Blancos still fluctuates, but they are lucky because they have a figure like Federico Valverde.

Real Madrid started the 2020/21 season with a draw against Real Sociedad. Doubts arose, because the defending champion had indeed decided to use the same players as last season, aka not to buy any new players.

However, after the first match of the Spanish League, Zinedine Zidane provided evidence that the Los Galacticos squad was solid enough to compete. Toni Kroos and his friends won in three consecutive matches on the Spanish League stage and they are at the top of the standings.

After that, Real Madrid returned to appear inconsistent because they lost twice at home to their opponents, Cadiz and Shakhtar Donetsk. Doubts returned to Zidane, because the French coach was deemed guilty of releasing two of his stars, James Rodriguez and Sergio Reguilon.

After these two humiliating defeats, Real Madrid are looking forward to a match against eternal rivals FC Barcelona at the Camp Nou. That's where Federico Valverde's name emerged as a savior.

The 22-year-old Uruguay player has scored when the game has only been running for five minutes. And in the end, Real Madrid won 3-1 at home to Barcelona.

"Valverde was played by Zidane to inject energy into the team, and the decision paid off massively because Real Madrid's performance improved immediately afterwards," wrote journalist Marca, JL Calderon, quoted Wednesday, November 4.

Valverde's magic doesn't stop there. He scored one more goal in Real Madrid's 4-1 win over Huesca.

Calderon thinks that Valverde is an angel in the midst of a small crisis. Valverde has scored three league goals for Real Madrid this season. This is Valverde's best achievement since joining Madrid in 2016.

Valverde himself was only able to break into Real Madrid's first team in the 2018/19 season, where he previously had a loan spell at Deportivo La Coruna. And now, his position in the Los Galacticos main team is getting stronger.

Valverde also seems to be the right reason why Real Madrid did not continue the hunt for Donny van de Beek. Valverde is considered capable of performing well and playing various roles in the central sector.

He seems to have his own show on the pitch. This young Uruguayan is equipped with excessive stamina in defense and is good at initiating attacks.

Valverde is the future face of Real Madrid. Together with Martin Odegaard, the two of them will build a new dynasty of glory for Real Madrid in the future.