i couldn't watch the game, but from what i gather in the papers and highlights, gago had a great game. he was crucial in higuains first goal by winning the ball, passing it to VDV, thus starting the conter and he gave a exelent assist to higuain in his second goal.
bye bye lass it is then...i hear the club has already taken the decision to offload him in the summer, since he never adapted - apperently - to his team. lass never learned spanish and his only reference within the squad is said to be benzema. plus his drop of form.
interesting thought...are lass' bad performances form related or system related???
IMO, they're system related. the way real played last season under schuster & juande ramos (there's a nice post from raed about the diffrence between the 2 systems in the getafe vs. real madrid thread) was much more favorable for lass' style, than the way real play this season under pellegrini. as time went on, pellegrinis style replaced the "old style" more and more and lass' performances worsened accordingly game by game.
on the other hand, the new system seems to suit gagos style very well.