Real Madrid coach rules out mid-season purchases and clarifies that Benzema, again down against Girona, “still not 100%”
Despite the recent nationalizations of Militao and Rodrygo leaving Real Madrid with free space within its quota of non-EU players, the Chamartín club will not sign mid-season. This was stated by Carlo Ancelotti. “We are not thinking about the winter market, we are not interested in the winter market. This is the squad that will continue until the end of the season, it will not change “said the Italian coach in the preview of the duel that his team will measure against Girona at the Santiago Bernabéu, corresponding to the twelfth day of the competition .
A game in which the Whites will try to maintain their undefeated character in the regular tournament and turn the page from Tuesday’s Champions League defeat to Leipzig, the first in a near-perfect season so far. “The team is good, motivated. After Leipzig we want to win. We’re going to bring back almost all the players, Modric, Ceballos, Valverde, Mariano… We’re not going to get Karim back, it’s still a bit early. Rodrygo had a little problem tonight, he didn’t train, but he will be there tomorrow,” said the Real Madrid coach after the Brazilian attacker suffered a stomach problem last night that prevented him from jumping to the training camps in the city on Saturday. .
Ancelotti explained the situation of Benzema, who will miss his third consecutive game because of what Real Madrid defined in the medical report published last week as muscle fatigue in the quadriceps of his left leg. “Yesterday he trained and after training he didn’t feel comfortable. A test was done and everything went well, no problem at all. We have to take the player’s feeling into account. He’s not 100% yet,” said the Reggiolo coach, who, on the other hand, was happy with Valverde’s return when asked if the Uruguayan is the best midfielder in the world right now. “Uh! I don’t know. One of the dear, for sure. He has shown great quality. It is a bit of a surprise for the whole football world to see such a complete midfielder,” he said.
He analyzed what was happening in Germany that week. “We have evaluated what happened. It wasn’t a stance problem, but a positioning from set pieces where we tend to be more powerful. From there, to think about these games until the break to get the best. We want to arrive in a good position,” said Ancelotti, who sees his students very involved despite the proximity of the World Cup in Qatar. “The team is focused. There is a World Cup close by, but the players are not talking about it. Everyone wants to play and be available. I don’t see any spiritual victims in this regard. This team always shows its face and never gives up, and I think the same will happen in these four games,” he stressed.
He quit in the role of Camavinga, so far more important as he has left the bank. “I think he makes more of a difference from the bench because the game is more open and he can show off his qualities more. It’s not your fault. It’s not that he plays worse when the game starts, it’s different because there is less to show when there are fewer fields. In open matches it matters more,” said the Real Madrid coach, attentively to allay any doubts about the young French midfielder. “I want to be clear: what I have said is that when the game is open he shows more for his qualities but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t do well when he starts it’s less positional than say kroos it obviously doesn’t have the kroos reading but each has its individual characteristics. Modric is not always the starter, Kroos is not always the starter, Tchouaméni is not always the starter… That said, it is satisfying and exciting to have such a player. At his age, with such a quality, there are not many l in Europe,” he added.
He appreciated Girona, despite the Catalan side being relegated. “He plays football well. He likes to have the ball and has a good attacking organization. We have to defend well, because they handle the ball well,” he responded to Míchel’s team, in which two football players play who are still on the radar of Real Madrid are standing: Miguel Gutierrez and Reinier.
“What happened to Miguel is that the season started last year because we had the losses of Mendy and Marcelo. He got into the first team and did well. He is a player, like others, that we are evaluating for the future. We gave him up, if he does well he can come back,” he said of the left. “He has quality, he did the pre-season with us. So far, he hasn’t been able to show his best level, but there are players who can show it earlier because of character. There are many examples of players who gave their best version at age 30 or 28. He has the quality to play in a high-level team,” he added about the Brazilian midfielder.
He finally assured that he will see Barcelona fight for the League to the end regardless of the azulgranas elimination from the Champions League. “I have no idea if it will affect it or not, but I am clear that it will be a rival until the end to win the League. It’s very clear to me. During the season there are good and bad moments, casualties… But I’m sure it will be a fight to the end with them to win the League,” he emphasized.
Source: La Verdad
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