Liga Odegaard's exit ramp, Ancelotti's surprise with Messi and Marcelo's injury
Carlo Ancelotti has confirmed during the preseason the fundamental pillars that he pointed out when he returned to Real Madrid last June. The Italian, a club man, has followed and fully assumed the plans that the Chamartín team has in their offices. First, with the departure of Sergio
Ramos
and the signing of David
Alaba
; second, with the obligatory continuity of players with important salaries such as Marcelo, Isco and Bale, and third, with the commitment to the young promises of the quarry:
Miguel Gutiérrez
,
Antonio Blanco
,
Sergio Arribas
and
Marvin Park
are part of the training sessions every day They will be called regularly and will have minutes and continuity.
The first, with Marcelo and Mendy injured, appears as a possible starting option today against Alavés (10pm) if Alaba, instead of as a full-back, would form as a center-back next to
Militao
. "What has surprised me most about this first part of the season is that there are many talented young players," admitted the coach. A message that sums up your intentions. "He has a lot of faith in the four homegrown players," estimates a voice close to young people.
In the weeks of preparation, at first with his work team with his son
Davide
and
Pintus
at the helm and, now, with the footballers, the transalpine coach has been solving the unknowns that piled up on his arrival. Who would occupy the hierarchical step of Sergio Ramos? Would a revolution take place? What would happen to the young on loan that returned to Valdebebas? The answers, blunt: Marcelo is the new voice of the dressing room off the field and
Casemiro
, the shoulder on which the batch of promises that populate the sports city is supported. On the pitch, Militao has earned gallons, Benzema will continue to be responsible for the goal and
Kroos
and
Modric
Veterans with enormous football weight but less vocation for spokesmen, will guide the team's sporting future.
Odegaard, heading to Arsenal
It has been two months of demanding planning for Ancelotti. The Italian was aware of the constraints of his position, the circumstances of the players and the market and the structure of an extremely large squad. And, for the moment, he has fulfilled the idea of the club. "What corresponded to them is perfect," they explain in Valdebebas. Isco and Bale have had enough minutes in summer and they will be everything important that determines "the field", the great judge for 'Carletto'. In his hand is to recover the best versions of
Hazard
and
Asensio
, in addition to causing the definitive explosion of
Vinicius
and
Rodrygo
. As I intended to do with
Odegaard
, until the Norwegian decided to take other airs and is negotiating with Arsenal. Like
Brahim
, whom Ancelotti wanted to compete but who will finally wear Milan's '10'.
Kroos' injury will force the Italian to push Modric a bit more and rely on Valverde, the great hope of the midfield after an irregular season due to injuries.
Nursing is the other major headache of the club, conditioned during the last two years by the continuous physical problems of its players.
For this reason, Pintus, Ancelotti's guide on these issues, has wanted to innovate during the preseason by introducing rare tools in training, such as hypoxia masks, a tool that simulates exercises at height by restricting the entry and exit of air.
"A necessary torture", they clarify at the club, aware that a healthy squad is half the championship.
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