Real Madrid begin defense of its European throne by taking on high-security against Celtic in a talismanic city
Real Madrid returns to Glasgow, a talismanic city that saw the Chamartín club raise the Fifth and the Ninth, with their guard. The current European champions will begin the defense of the throne he reclaimed in Paris on May 28 against Celtic, another long-standing team looking to celebrate its return to the top continental competition in style five years later.
The outstanding and undefeated leader of the Scottish Premier, the team overseen by Greek-Australian Ange Postecoglou since the summer of 2021, arrives at the event full of morale, after slaughtering Rangers at the Old Firm last Saturday and all. extending the formidable run of 38 games in succession without knowing the defeat suffered by the Catholic team in its domestic tournament. A full-fledged warning that, despite the distance separating the two squads that will cross sabers in the legendary Celtic Park, the king of the old continent will have to sweat the fat drop to overcome the ambush and start the journey to Istanbul with a solid step.
On June 10 next year, the Turkish capital is the target of a journey that begins thousands of miles away for the current wearer of that crown that the rest of Europe’s football bosses groan for. Keeping it tight and out of reach of its ruthless opponents is the goal of the team led by Carlo Ancelotti, the league’s record holder with the four wounds he nurtures as a coach.
The Italian, with that soft hand that made him a legend on the bench, led the most epic attack on the Champions League of all time. Now he’s preparing to write another epic, though he hopes the poem will begin without the first verses having to take on a supernatural undertone.
For this reason, instructed as he is by experience that his team handles the miuras better than when it comes to dealing with oxen, and is fully aware that in today’s football it is not convenient to have an opponent underestimating, Ancelotti recalled as soon as he finished taking Real Madrid’s lawsuit with Betis that Celtic could be a trap for the whites. An excess of trust, such as the one they had against the sheriff last year, could take their toll as the Bhoys are in excellent dynamics.
To counter this danger, the Reggiolo coach will call on the trade of veterans dressed in battles of all colors, such as Modric, who will reach a hundred European nights in Scottish lands wearing the Real Madrid jacket. The Croat, who turns 37 on Friday, is starting to get used to getting into the wheel of rotations, but his competition at Celtic Park seems vital to stun a block that likes to feel protagonist with the ball poses a significant threat on the flanks and brimming with gunpowder at the start of the campaign in which he scored 25 goals in six league games. An intimidating record that should at least be put into context as it is a lower rank championship like the Scottish one.
Everything indicates that Kroos, who only played the last part of the confrontation against Betis, will regain the status of starter who, except for a big surprise, Tchouaméni, will keep the big thrill of the moment in the ‘white house’ due to the excellent authority with which he picked up Casemiro’s stripes. Above is the question of whether Ancelotti will return the right side of attack to Valverde or bolster Rodrygo, assistant to Espanyol and goalscorer on Saturday at the Bernabeu.
The host team, which has been transformed into a true Tower of Babel by the globalization of football, but which is still nourished by the memory of that European Cup that was won in Lisbon against Helenio Herrera’s Inter by a Celtic formed with a full Scottish Elf, presents the main unknown if Furuhashi will be in the game. The Japanese, a major offensive reference for the Postecoglou squad along with Israel’s Abada, suffered a shoulder injury during the Old Firm on Saturday and despite training on Monday, deadlines seem reasonable. His replacement could be the Giakoumakis. Swedish central defender Carl Starfelt, with a weak knee, is out.
Source: La Verdad
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