Two months and two purposes. The final stretch of the season is time to materialize individual and collective objectives. And Lucas Vázquez has both before him. The 32-year-old Galician can win his fourth League and his fifth Champions League with Real Madrid. In particular, he has ahead of him his renewal with the white club and the aspiration of getting on the Eurocup bandwagon with the National Team.
After missing the Spanish Super Cup and the two Cup matches due to an injury to his right thigh, Curtis’s player has been a regular part of Ancelotti’s plans in the last month and a half of the competition. Lucas Vázquez has started six of Madrid’s last ten games and has participated off the bench in two other games.
The numerous casualties that have accumulated for the white team in defense, and which forced Carvajal to play as a center back in a couple of games, gave opportunities to Lucas Vázquez. But it is also true that the Galician’s performance has been notable. To the point that Ancelotti has had no reluctance in dosing Carvajal by giving him rest in several games while on the other side he has squeezed Mendy.
Lucas Vázquez controls the ball in the match against Celta.JESUS ALVAREZ ORIHUELADiarioAS
The right wing is being one of Madrid’s offensive mainstays this campaign, with Carvajal who has five goals and Lucas, who in addition to the goal with which he gave Madrid the victory in extremis in Mendizorroza, has four assists (the same as that of Leganés). “There have been two games in which we put him inside the area, because he is a very lively player. Today he scored and against Villarreal, he assisted,” Ancelotti said at that time after the victory against Alavés.
Confidence in the renewal and dream of the National Team
Credentials with which Lucas Vázquez faces a renewal that he must deal with Madrid. In June the three years that he agreed to in his last contract extension with Madrid expire, back in 2021 and he has already surpassed that threshold in which the white club offers renewals season by season. The player has not yet received any offer from the club, but he is confident that the proposal will arrive and he will renew without problems.
More doubts hang over his presence in the Euro Cup. Lucas Vázquez has not been with the National Team since the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Then he did so as a winger after what was, under Zidane’s command, the best season of his career (8 goals and 12 assists. Now, converted to full-back, he He is convinced that he can aspire to take over the replacement position for his teammate from Carvajal.
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For now, De la Fuente continues to trust Navas for that position, but in this latest list he has also taken Pedro Porro, who had not been called up for a year. A sign that there may be a push to find a place in the squad for the tournament in Germany. Lucas Vázquez does not lose hope. His numbers are his best endorsement.
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2024-03-21 22:15:49
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