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It has been too many seasons now that the games against
Villarreal have
not been easy for
Real Madrid
. The last white victory by
more than one goal difference
against the yellow submarine happened in 2016 and, since then, the Madrid team has only won four of the eleven games against Castellón. Three of them, yes, occurred in the last three courses. A statistic that
Carlo Ancelotti
tried last night to continue, albeit without success.
The Italian coach has had an exceptional start to the course.
Leader in the League
, a weighty victory at the
San Siro
and a style that has surprised the Bernabéu:
vertical, risky
and, above all,
fun
. Perhaps that is why, due to the antecedents of an exciting start to the season, in the Madrid parish the
starting eleven
that
Carletto
lined up against
Villarreal de Emery was
surprised
.
He repeated with
Militao and Alaba
in the center of the rear, the couple that transmits more confidence both in defense and in the ball exit.
He repeated with
Asensio
as inside, seeking to imitate the performance of the Balearic against Mallorca (three goals).
And he repeated with
Rodrygo, Vinicius and Benzema
as attack trident.
Until now, the Italian had only copied the lead in consecutive games with
Hazard, Bale and Benzema
.
Valverde and Nacho, wingers
From those three repetitions the
doubts
came
: Ancelotti decided to place
Fede Valverde
, one of the best of the Madrid season from the central lane of the midfield, on the right side, leaving the left for
Nacho
in place of the youth squad
Miguel
. The Uruguayan was not as decisive as in his natural position and
Asensio
, Ancelotti's bet, reason for that change of the South American and replacement in the theoretical trio of starting midfielders (
Kroos
is injured), did not stand out.
"I liked Valverde," acknowledged the Italian. "He can play anywhere and we have to see who is the best. For me
he is not a right back
," he insisted. "I didn't need to have full-backs to push because the wings were covered. We have tried to create opportunities in one on one, we have focused a lot, but they have a lot of height," he reasoned. The 'two' lane continues to be a headache for the transalpine coach, who cannot count on Carvajal due to injury and, unlike Zidane, he does not end up regularly aligning a
Lucas Vázquez
as a side
who has not started the course well either. .
Neither did
Casemiro
shine
, who is still lacking some stacks of rhythm in contrast to
Camavinga
, who played against Mallorca from the start.
Modric
, who returned to the starting position, was only able to take command during a small stretch of the match.
Carletto analyzed both: "
I do not see them tired
. You can see this because the team had difficulty pressing and they had to cover a lot of field. It was not fatigue, but a disposition of the team that we fixed in the second half."
The successes of the wand
If anything had worked for Ancelotti so far, it was the changes. Intervene in the middle of the match and undo the mistakes that your players may be making. This was how he had achieved it at the Ciutat de Valencia against
Levante
, with the entry of
Vinicius
(double) and
Rodrygo
to come back; in
San Siro
, when he called
Camavinga and Rodrygo
, protagonists of the 0-1; and in
Mestalla
, when he repeated with both to besiege the goal and provoke the 1-2.
Everything had worked out for
Carletto
.
Until rotations.
The first day of changes in the eleven, against
Mallorca
, Madrid thrashed 6-1 with
Camavinga, Valverde, Asensio, Rodrygo and Vinicius
as Benzema's luxury companions.
The return to the origins, to
Casemiro-Modric
, together with an unexpected choice in the wings, did not complete the fantastic week of the Italian wand.
The solutions against Villarreal
At halftime against Villarreal, the Italian retired
Rodrygo
and introduced
Camavinga
as inside, inserting
Asensio
on the right wing. An interesting decision seeing the last performances of the young Frenchman, but somewhat disconcerting to see the
Spanish stuck to the lime
, the position that he had theoretically abandoned. "
I don't think the approach was wrong,
" Ancelotti added. "We have not played the best game of the season. It has mattered to me that the pressure has caused us difficulties.
It was not the best night
, but we kept going."
Later, he chose
Hazard and Isco
and removed
Modric
and
Asensio
from the field
, keeping Valverde and Nacho on the flanks.
The Belgian and the Spanish could not contribute the verticality, the initiative and the football that
Camavinga, Rodrygo or Vinicius
had achieved
in other matches, and Madrid ended up drawing.
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