El Real Madrid presented before the Villarreal an eleven without Spanish players, an unprecedented figure in the history of the club after 121 years of history. Yes, the fact that the white team ended a game without Spaniards had occurred, but never from the starting eleven. Carvajal and Asensio started in the last league match against Valladolid, but neither of them has repeated at La Cerámica. The first fell out of the call due to injury and the second has lost his position as soon as Ancelotti has pulled its starting block, with Fede Valverde accompanying the duo Wines-Benzema in the attack.
The starting eleven of Real Madrid is made up of three Frenchmen (Tchouameni, Mendy and Benzema)two Brazilians (Vini y Militao)two Germans (Rüdiger and Kroos)a Croatian (Modric)a Belgian (Courtois)an Austrian (Alaba) and a Uruguayan (Valverde). In total, seven different nationalities, but none Spanish, although it is true that Madrid has several nationalized players in the team presented by Carlo Ancelotti.
Real Madrid players warming up at La Cerámica
Recently, this fact had occurred in LaLiga de Campeones, but finishing the duel, not from the beginning. Last year, for example, against the Sheriff, Real Madrid ended up without players eligible for Spain. Courtois, Rodrygo, Militao, Alaba, Kroos, Modric, Fede Valverde, Camavinga, Jovic, Vinicius and Benzema They were the eleven players who finished the duel on September 28, 2021. That day, only one Spaniard, Lucas Vázquez, had started.
Madrid had played 4,435 games throughout its history up to this duel against Villarreal and had never presented a team without Spaniards. It was in La Cerámica, on January 7, 2023, when this historic event took place.
