Real Madrid’s Strong Start in La Liga and Potential Setbacks

New season, new faces and new system. And already a great look. Real Madrid did not miss out on their La Liga debut at Athletic Bilbao: a strong defensive performance crowned by two fine goals from Rodrygo and Bellingham, author of a great match for their first official meeting. “He is out of series, rejoiced Carlo Ancelotti about the young Englishman. He has a lot of personality and adapted very quickly to the team system. It looks like he’s been with us for a long time, he’s a very high level player.

Given the departure of Karim Benzema and the absence of a real number nine, Ancelotti has confirmed his change of tactical plan. Finished the 4-3-3, place in a 4-3-1-2 in which he placed Bellingham in real number 10 behind the arrow duo Rodrygo – Vinicius Jr. “It allows to generate different situations, points out the new captain, Dani Carvajal. We create uncertainty with possibilities to go inward, outward or deep.”

Kepa as reinforcement

The other good satisfaction comes from the cages. In the absence of Thibaut Courtois, package for about six months, Andriy Lunin proved to Carlo Ancelotti that he had the shoulders to take over the interim. However, Real Madrid are about to sign a new goalkeeper, on loan for the season: Kepa Arrizabalaga. Given the arrival of his compatriot Robert Sanchez at Chelsea, the Spanish goalkeeper jumped at the opportunity offered by the people of Madrid and should be formalized at the start of the week.

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However, the Merengues may still have to recruit another profile urgently. Eder Militão was seriously injured on Saturday evening during the match at San Mamès and the first echoes are not reassuring. “He sprained his knee. It doesn’t look good and we will evaluate it in the next few hours. Hope it’s nothing serious. But we are worried and we do not exclude anything”, reacted Carlo Ancelotti who only has three other central defenders available: Alaba, Rüdiger and Nacho.

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2023-08-13 08:31:00
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