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Black Sunday
and
Monday of reflection
in
Chamartín
.
The harsh defeat against
Barcelona
in the classic starred in the nightmares of players, coaching staff and managers.
No one expected such a result, 0-4, and, above all, no one imagined that the sensations would be as blushing as those that resulted from the ninety minutes played at the
Bernabéu
.
The messages and conversations that began to circulate on mobile phones in the box and in the locker room were summed up in two key words: "
Rage
", due to the manner of the defeat, and "tranquility", due to the situation in the league table, with nine points ahead of
Sevilla
, and the presence in the quarterfinals of the
Champions League
.
Of course, the failure in the duel against the eternal rival left a man very touched:
Carlo Ancelotti
.
The Italian coach, aware of his mistakes, took the blame before his footballers and before the press: «
I have failed.
I'm sorry
.
The Modric thing has not gone well...
And nothing
», He snorted.
In the locker room, the position of the Croatian, at 36 years old
, caught by surprise
as a false nine being one of the pillars of the ball out, and the tactical revolution that
Carletto
invented at halftime.
Three centrals, something he had never tried, with
Camavinga and Rodrygo
as lanes.
Ferran
took two minutes to miss a clear one and score the disastrous 0-3.
In the stands, despair came from the
passivity of their players
.
A reality more criticized, even, than Ancelotti's own system.
For this reason, although the coach put the target on his head, in the locker room and at the club they also take the blame.
The players, the same ones who were already thinking about the next game a few minutes after beating PSG, encouraged each other this Monday through their mobile phones, on their way to their international destinations.
Only Mendy appeared in Valdebebas
, who is still recovering from his muscle injury.
Ancelotti had already planned
two rest days
after the classic and did not want to "make more drama" by changing the calendar.
"relativize"
The club has privately shown its
support for the Italian
, who took command of the squad after
Zidane
's traumatic goodbye , and has insisted on the same message as the one given by the coach: "
Relativize
", take advantage of this break to regain sensations and "lift your head".
Despite everything, in the Real Madrid environment there are decisions by the coach that are not fully understood.
The last time he had used the
4-4-2
was in the Cornellà defeat against Espanyol, in October, and
Camavinga
had only played as a
winger
in the defeat against
Sheriff
at the Bernabéu.
In addition, the trio made up of
Casemiro, Modric and Kroos
, who made a sensational stretch between November and December, had already been vulnerable in the
three most important dates
of the merengue season:
the Super Cup classic, the Cup
match
in Bilbao
and the 150 minutes round trip against
PSG
before the comeback at the Bernabéu.
In big events, the famous 'Santísima Trinidad' suffered, and the necessary inclusion of
Valverde
to set the rhythm unbalanced the drawing.
That is why in the second part of the second leg against PSG and in the rest of the last classic Camavinga came on for Kroos.
Madrid asked for physical
.
Ancelotti knew that.
The non-existent alternative to Benzema
The other big black point of the course is the management of the
second unit of the attack
, more evident when Benzema is missing.
Hazard
has not yet played a classic,
Jovic
, signed for more than
60 million
to be a substitute for the Frenchman, did not take the field on Sunday and
Bale
was thinking of Wales.
The emergency solution was
Mariano
, who had accumulated
29 minutes
in the league in 2022. Asked about the rotations, the Italian has always defended that he did not see the team tired, but the problem was not the lungs of his starting eleven, but the
competitive pace
of alternates.
In the
eight games without Benzema
, the substitutes have been
Jovic
in two (wins against Inter and Elche in the Cup) ,
Mariano
(two wins against Elche and Alcoyano),
Isco
(win against Granada),
Bale
(draw at Villarreal),
Asensio
( cup defeat in Bilbao) and
Modric
, in the last classic.
Eight occasions, six alternatives
.
No constant.
On the horizon, the nine point lead over Sevilla and the
unconscious fear
on the part of Real Madrid.
"I already lost a Champions League after winning 3-0," Ancelotti declared.
The Queiroz League, that 2015 of Carletto... The finals between now and the end of the course will begin in
Vigo
, with visits to
Pizjuán
,
Pamplona
and the
Metropolitano
included.
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