It is indisputable that Zinedine Zidane has a plethora of very talented attacking midfielders at his disposal as Real Madrid coach.
James Rodriguez, Isco Alarcon, Marco Asensio, Toni Kroos, Mateo Kovacic and Luka Modric all stood out at their former clubs playing right behind the forwards.
It is curious that the French's go-to tactical setup, the 4-3-3, lacks the tactical figure previously described.
However, the rash of injuries suffered by Los Blancos encouraged Zidane to switch his formation, opting to play Isco in between the front three and two holding midfielders.
On Saturday against Deportivo La Coruna, there was an experiment with a 4-1-4-1 arrangement featuring Asensio, Isco, Kroos and James in front of Casemiro and behind Alvaro Morata.
On paper, Isco and Kroos would help Morata in pressuring Deportivo's attempts at starting plays from their back-line, while Asensio and James would aid the full-backs during the defensive transitions.
With 1-0 on the scoreboard, the Galician side started stretching the field and few bodies were willing to retreat back on defence.
While Casemiro certainly dug himself a hole in Joselu's first goal, he had no teammate whom he could pass the ball to.
Deportivo's second goal came in similar fashion, with all the playmakers forward rather than defending.
Casemiro, who is not at full strength yet, was left alone in transition too often, forcing him to commit tactical fouls.The Frenchman's side has surpassed the 1988/89 side coached by Leo Beenhakker winning 26 games and drawing nine.
With 101 goals scored, they've also beaten the total of 86 that the 'Quinta del Buitre' managed.
In those 35 matches, the team has conceded just 34 goals and the next record in sight is the 39-match unbeaten record of Luis Enrique's Barcelona from last season.
If Zidane manages to achieve that, he will only have two rivals left to overcome.
The 40 unbeaten matches of Nottingham Forest during 1977 and 78 and the absolute record of 43 set by Juventus between 2010 and 2011.
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