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Real Madrid Madrid's youth connection and Rodrygo's idyll who decided at San Siro: "It's very cold"
Crónica Rodrygo and Camavinga change the reality that Madrid laughs at in San Siro
Lawnmower Ciao, Inter
San Siro
,
European Cup
. Few places as iconic in the continental football scene. On his lawn, with a tie on the scoreboard and
Inter Milan
plummeting over
Courtois'
goal
,
Carlo Ancelotti
made what has so far been his most important decision as
Real Madrid's
new coach
. He turned his eyes to the bench and observed
Eden Hazard
and
Isco Alarcón
, players with proven experience. Beside him he saw
Eduardo Camavinga and Rodrygo Goes
,
aged
18 and 20, asked himself a question and decided. And from that decision was born the white victory at
Giuseppe Meazza
.
A pass from
Fede Valverve
, a touch from
Camavinga
and a shot from Rodrygo. Madrid won at San Siro by a triangulation between three of their big bets.
Militao
also finished shining
and
Vinicius
returned to perform
, in a final line-up that barely exceeded 23 years on average. «At the beginning I had to add experience, which is important in this type of game, but we have high quality young people.
You have to be patient,
"Ancelotti summed up at the end of the match.
The reality is that Rodrygo's goal is the
last positive note
in Madrid's youth score.
Camavinga, author of the pass, already made his debut with a goal against Celta on Sunday.
Vinicius has four goals
and seems to have definitely exploded.
Kroos's
injury
has forced
Valverde to assume more important roles
, and he is doing so, and the departures of Ramos and Varane have placed
Militao as a central reference
.
All together with the interesting
appearance of Miguel Gutiérrez
on the left side.
"The judge is the field"
On the first day of his second stage as Madrid coach, Ancelotti already made his intentions clear: recover some heavyweights and empower the youngsters. "
There is a judge who is the field,
" he insisted in those initial weeks. During the first days of the League we could see
exciting versions of Hazard, Bale or Isco
, but the field, "the judge", has relegated the Spanish, the Welshman has been injured and the Belgian needs to dose to find his best form. The young people have shone there, with whom
Carletto
has not been afraid.
Militao, Valverde and Vinicius are among the
eight players most used
by the Italian, while last year, with Zidane, they were 14th, 12th and 10th in the squad.
Miguel accumulates 171 minutes
at 20 years old and
Camavinga seems to have overtaken Isco
in the rotation, the same as
Rodrygo with Asensio
.
The data confirm the trends that have been observed in Valdebebas for weeks.
"
Ancelotti has changed
everything in that sense," they comment.
A new football
Age and wardrobe hierarchies no longer exist on the lawn. Again, "the judge is the field." At the club they have found a
renewed and improved Carletto
as a coach, surrounded by a young work team with whom during the last seasons at
Naples
and
Everton he
has adapted his
football idea
to the current style of play. "It's like an Ancelotti 2.0", they comment in the offices of the sports city.
From that
adaptation
lived in Serie A and the Premier League, we can understand the transalpine's predilection for
Valverde
, a feeling that Zidane also had, and blind trust in
Vinicius
.
Two players who, beyond their age, combine the
two virtues of modern football: technical and physical
.
Characteristics that are seen in
Chelsea and Manchester City
, for example, winner and finalist of the last Champions League.
Madrid's coaching staff, aware of this, has tried to instill it in the dressing room from day one: “
He is clear about it and has made it very clear to them
, that there is a change in world football and Madrid cannot stay behind".
The greatest examples of how to adapt to this change that has been taking place in recent years are
Modric and Benzema
.
Extremely talented footballers who despite their age have known how to work their physique to adapt to the new times.
They have the same quality as before, but have raised their state of form to endure at the highest level.
They
do remain indisputable
in a squad that for Ancelotti does not have a DNI.
It doesn't matter if a player is 18 or 35 years old.
"The judge, the field."
Four young people among the 'top'
The explosion of some young people and the Italian's confidence in others calms the upper echelons of Madrid, which
in recent years has invested many millions
in young talents.
Of the
50 U23 footballers with the highest market value
, four are Real Madrid players (
Valverde, Camavinga, Vinicius and Militao
, with Rodrygo ranked 55th).
Nobody accumulates more in that ranking and only
PSG, Manchester United and Chelsea
equal those four.
Juventus and Bayern have three;
the
Barça
(Pedri and Ansu Fati) and Manchester City two.
The
Athletic
(Joao Felix) one.
According to the criteria of The Trust Project
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