Gab Marcotti
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And that means that Real Madrid have seven players in the box.
And the ball comes in, and while we celebrate Trubin's header, as you pointed out, Otamendi is completely unmarked next to him.
If Trubin doesn't score, Otamendi scores.
We should point out, players sometimes stand there because you think they're going to play it short or there's going to be a scheme.
But they're obviously not going to do that in the ninth minute of injury time.
And you could say the same thing, I think, of the Real Madrid players on the bench.
And the defensive leaders as well.
Alaba was out there at that point.
Yeah, Carvajal.
He's seen a lot of football.
Alaba was on the pitch, but Carvajal was on the bench.
Carvajal's on the bench.
Bellingham.
Hey, Mr. Leader.
You know, who else?
I know.
It's also, frankly, not acceptable.
Even if he had been there, you still have...
Otamendi maybe, other than Pavlidis, who might not have been on the pitch.
No, he was played by Ivanovic, who's a big player too, but yeah.