Analysis Ancelotti's 15 days to correct Madrid: "The idea is clear, this team has to play 4-3-3"
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The left-back is the position that has given
Carlo Ancelotti
the
most headaches
during the first weeks of the
Real Madrid
season
. All due to the absence of
Ferland Mendy
, who was injured on
May 5
at
Stamford Bridge
, in the second leg of the
Champions League
semi-finals
. That was
167 days ago
. That is why on Sunday, when he included him in the list of summoned for the match against
Shakhtar
, the Italian, who already wanted him for his
Naples
, breathed a sigh of relief.
The return of the Frenchman will restore coherence to a defense that has undergone too many modifications to try to cover the lane of '3'.
Miguel, Nacho and Alaba
have played on the wing, without regularly convincing any of Ancelotti. "I don't know if Mendy is to start, but he is available. The important thing is that we had problems on the left wing because
we only had Miguel
, who has done well, but he was the only left back and it is much better to have Mendy and Marcelo, "he assessed on Monday in the press room.
While the three raffled off the starting position,
Mendy
worked in
Valdebebas
to return as soon as possible.
His injury, a
tibial periostitis
caused by a blow and which
worsened after forcing in the final stretch of last year
, has caused him several
muscle problems
that have prevented him from being with his teammates since the start of the League.
The pain of the months of April and May made him
change the way he stepped
, both when walking and running, with the muscular consequences that this entails.
After losing the tie against Chelsea, the
player and the medical team decided to stop and rest
, which was the only solution.
A difficult summer
Mendy
missed the
Eurocup
to reach 100% of the new Madrid course, but back in the sports city he found
more problems
added to those of a few months ago.
He had no pain, but he
had lost a lot of muscle mass
and he had to
correct his way of running
and playing, the
supports
, the
footprint
, the
power that he gave to his legs
to perform the basic movements of a football match ... It has caused him several muscle problems,
pain that he did not understand
and some
despair
which, having overcome the last discomfort in the rectum, now seems to have finally left behind.
It is not the first time that Mendy has overcome a strange and complicated injury.
This time it was not something tragic, but for someone who
spent months in a wheelchair at the age of 14
, whose doctors slightly planned the
possibility of amputating his leg
and who had to
learn to walk again in the middle of adolescence
, a muscle injury it might seem like a child's thing.
«I
had arthritis in my hip and I had an infection
So I had to have an operation and I was in the hospital for a long time, in a cast for two or three months.
When I had surgery, the doctor came to see me and told me that football was over for me, he even talked about an amputation.
I was in a wheelchair and had to learn to walk again, "said the Frenchman at the time.
Correct the footprint, a trifle.
At
26 years old
, the
physical is something vital
in his game, that is why Madrid has taken care of every detail of his recovery to the millimeter and has avoided skipping deadlines.
The Frenchman, a
good defender
, was indisputable since his signing in 2019 and can complete a very interesting duo with
Vinicius
on Madrid's left side.
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