Ferland Mendy be in principle one of the novelties of the eleven of the Real Madrid before him Shakhtar in tomorrow’s game. Ancelotti decided to rest the French thinking about the week that begins, with the clash of warsaw and with the Classic next Sunday.
The doubts with Mendy have therefore passed to a better life. Ancelotti has always believed in the side. I never hesitated to put him ahead of Marcelo and now, despite the arrival of Alaba, who can play as a winger like he did in the Bayern, nothing seems to have changed. Undoubtedly on the bench, Mendy is also showing the club that his physical problems with that injury to his tibia that caused so many problems have passed away, as the medical tests showed.
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The arrival this season of Rdiger opened a wider range in defense for Ancelotti. The movement seemed clear: to play the latest central signing, Alaba could do it on the left side. However, this option has hardly happened: it happened only before the Getafe this past Sunday and before the Spanish in League. The other duel in which the Frenchman did not enter the eleven, against the Leipzigit was Nacho who took his place, with Alaba in the center back along with Rdiger, who is being the most affected since a priori he is the first option in a defense formed by Carvajal, Militao, Alaba and Mendy himself.
Mendy, starter in 9 games of the twelve played, He already showed last season that the injury was almost history. It was difficult for him to start, but he grew until he was untouchable in the most epic Champions League in Madrid’s history in which he only missed PSG’s comeback at the Bernabu due to suspension.
Mendy’s career in Madrid is giving results. First Zidane, who was the one who did the most to dress the player in white, and then Ancelotti have been clear, in view of the statistics. With the former Lyon player in the field, Madrid shello has lost from league parties since his arrival in 2019, (in 2020-21, against Levante 1-2; and in the 2021-22 season, against Getafe 1-0). The Frenchman therefore has a percentage of wins in the League within the reach of very few given that in 79 games he has drawn 9 and won 68, apart from the two setbacks. Of the 115 games he has played, he has been a starter in 99.
