Santiago Solari's arrival to the Real Madrid bench has led to losers like Isco and winners as is the case of Lucas Vazquez who has scored in the past two games against Roma and Valencia. Vazquez has played six of the seven games that Solari has had so far at the helm and in five he has played the full 90 minutes. Only in Solari's first game against Valladolid, did Vazquez start on the bench and the Eibar defeat was the the one match that he was not involved at all.
Vazquez offers pace and directness going forward but above all hard work throughout the game which means that he and Dani Carvajal offer a very solid right wing. Just like Zidane during is time at Real Madrid, The year of the double win, nobody can dispute how decisive the plan B was in helping Los Blancos to the top of the table in the league, while the main men did their duty in the Champions League. Alvaro Morata, Marco Asensio, Mateo Kovacic, Danilo, Isco, Nacho and Lucas Vazquez formed the backbone of a second team that became a guarantee of reliability for Zidane. The coach began by changing things little by little and ending up with wholesale changes from top to bottom regarding how he dealt with his teams for Europe compared to LaLiga Santander.
That great plan B of 2016/17 has crumbled little by little since then and has been considered the main problem of Madrid in maintaining their success in the league since last season. The magic potion was lost at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu and Zizou couldn't get his plan to continue working. It seems that now, Santiago Solari is finding a similar formula, stumbling across that second team that helped Zidane so much. In fact, on Saturday against Valencia, he gave the sensation that he was premiering his own particular plan B. That new team of players could now have much more playing time and prominence going forward than they had been having, and could now become fundamental for Madrid in recovering the lost ground in LaLiga Santander.
Above all, he has found another group of players who have shown they can be relied on when the calendar becomes difficult and gets backed up, so it will undoubtedly help give oxygen and rest to the regular starters without the team suffering in terms of results.
Against Valencia, Madrid started the game without regulars Toni Kroos, Marcelo and Casemiro, through injury. With two other changes, Solari removed Gareth Bale and Luka Modric and gave chances to Lucas Vazquez, Dani Ceballos, Marcos Llorente, Sergio Reguilon, Asensio and Fede Valverde.

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