Madrid wants to celebrate the League and save energy for City: Will Ancelotti take a risk with Benzema?

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wants to take the last little step towards the league title

with the minimum expenditure of energy, given that

will appear at the Bernabéu four days later.

The same as celebrating it, although there is no tiredness that recomposes as much as that of the fulfilled objective.

That is why the Cibeles is adorned.

One point separates him, nothing more, the one he can achieve against Espanyol in his stadium, together with his fans and against a rival who is virtually saved, on the threshold of 40 points (39), with five games to go.

With an unusual advantage for most of the season, the title was already a reality after the Whites' victory in Seville and the decompression of the '

effect ', because for Barça, without goals, competing for nothing is an ordeal.

If Espanyol achieved an unexpected victory, it is not ruled out that Madrid could be champion on Sunday due to a good result for Mallorca at the Camp Nou, the scene of three consecutive local defeats (Eintracht, Cádiz and Rayo).

CASEMIRO, CENTER

Madrid, therefore, wants to celebrate the title as soon as possible and with its people, but it faces a calculation of risks that recommends caution.

To begin with, there are forced casualties, due to the sanctions of

and

and the problems of

, whose reappearance was precipitated in Manchester.

This forces

to line up

, who has hardly intervened, and improvise with

, who also returns from injury, as central defender, if he does not want to opt for

, from the subsidiary, who entered the squad.

can be the right back if he wants to rest

and place

on the left.

The Brazilian, in his last year, will become the player with the most titles in the history of Madrid.

The Italian, this Friday, spoke of changes, suggested that he would speak with

to find out his condition and did not deny that both the Frenchman and

could rest, but, as always, he did not take more than the replacement of the centrals for granted.

There will be changes, of course, but the Italian does not seem like a guy given to great revolutions, because he believes, like a good part of his guild, that the best way to keep a footballer ready is to compete, and more so in high-segment teams: "I am of the opinion that if a footballer is well, he has to play."

ALTERNATIVES IN THE CENTER OF THE FIELD

Modric

,

or

are the footballers who accumulate more minutes and more years, so the possibility of rotation points towards them.

"In midfield I have options, with fresh players like

and

", said the coach, who, on the other hand, left the doubt regarding the player-franchise of the season and for whom he does not have a guarantee replacement.

This is Benzema, the man who has also taken Madrid to where he is in the Champions League.

A French stumble against Espanyol would be tragic against City.

«I have to talk to Karim to see if he is fresh.

His opinion is important, but in the end the most important is the coach's,"

, who added: "I have to prevent any important player from being injured."

The substitution of the French is not easy, since

is injured and

is injured again.

Ancelotti has tested the Welshman as 'nine', in addition to

and

.

The Spaniard, at least, points as a starter, after

was on the right in Manchester.

Given the conditions that he already has in defense to face a very aggressive striker like

, if Ancelotti decides to shake up the rest of the lines as well, the Madrid that I jumped onto the pitch would be more distorted than the coach would like.

A defeat, although unlikely, and the postponement of the title with everything ready would leave a bittersweet feeling before next Wednesday's plot.

"The great tennis players, when they have a

, they win," Ancelotti said.

The Italian wants to celebrate the title, something that the squad transmitted to him, after an exercise that has strengthened his figure after arriving as a circumstantial alternative after

's second fright .

Everything indicates that he will be the coach who inaugurates the new Bernabéu.

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