Ancelotti’s lack of balance: the goals from ‘Vini’ and Benzema

The offensive jam real Madrid at an important moment of the season, when the real choices for big titles are decided, with one goal in his last three games and from a youth squad like alvaro rodriguez in set piece action, leave the group of Carlo Ancelotti at the limit, one step away from playing his entire season à la carte from the ‘Champions’.

Since showing a blow at Anfield in a match where Real Madrid was able to run and exploit its virtues against an open rival, with five goals that allowed them to reach the quarterfinals of the Champions League with their fingers , Ancelotti’s players were blocked. in the offensive phase.

They took as many as 18 shots, seven of them on target to score a goal in the Santiago Bernabéu derby against Atlético Madrid. Towards after a corner kick from a player with an unplanned appearance, alvaro rodriguez from Castilla, and the minutes in recent games show a problem in attack for the first team players.

Like Eden Hazard or Mariano Dayz, Ancelotti no longer counts. Others, like Marco Asensio, have dropped their lead without minutes in the last two games. reliance on inspiration Vinicius Junior and Karim Benzema, is maximum.

The situation worsened in the first leg of the Copa del Rey semifinals. Real Madrid missed Ter Stegen’s goal once and took advantage of Barcelona’s absence of key players. At the distance of LaLiga that no club has ever overcome in the history of the competition, the 0-1 cupbearer is a blow from which the white team has not recovered, as it showed in Seville against Betis. He lowered his number of shots (8) and lacked accuracy in the four that went on goal to score a goal that prevented the distance from the leader from increasing to nine points.

Affected by unexpected falls, not very predictable ancelotti that in January after the World Cup in Qatar, the Italian coach pointed to a lack of “balance” as an explanation for his problems. “We lack efficiency, we do one more dribble, one less shot on goal, one more pass, too many walls in a reduced space. There is a lack of balance because we are much better behind”.

Since October 22, when the eleventh matchday closed, Real Madrid have not been able to win three matches in a row. In three of the last seven days they have kept zero, not scoring a goal against Real Sociedad, Mallorca and Betis. The total in seven games was nine goals, which lowered the average it showed and still kept it as the highest scoring team in LaLiga with 47 goals in 24 days.

Since the signing of the Kylian Mbappé isn’tor an unexpected final twist and the French star decided to renew his contract with PSG, Real Madrid decided not to go to the market for 9 who would compete with Karim Benzema. The blind confidence that the last winner of the ‘Ballon d’Or’ will maintain his level, collided with an unexpected reality, his absence in twelve games.

Offensively, Real Madrid football suffers from ‘Vinidependencia’ and despite the fact that the Brazilian has improved his definition in the last two seasons, he is not a scorer who can cover all the shortcomings. The Brazilian has gone nine LaLiga games without scoring away from the Santiago Bernabéu stadium. An important fact so that his team does not star in a strict one-on-one with Barcelona.

To find the final goal of ‘I came’ as a guest in the domestic competition you have to return on August 28. Almost two goals, against Celta and Espanyol, in his participation in twelve outings for Real Madrid. A contrast to its importance in the Club World Cup (three goals in two games) or the exhibition at Anfield with a double against Liverpool.

Absences are addedand Karim away from the Bernabeu. He participated in eight games out of thirteen in the League where he took the brunt of the goal. Of the 15 goals Real Madrid scored in those games, more than half, up to eight, were signed by the Frenchman. The problem is that since January 22 he has not played away from home in domestic competition.

Physical problems marked Benzema’s season, unable to find regularity in his appearances, without a goal when needed against Atlético de Madrid and Betis in Liga or the classic Copa del Rey. In the last five days he only scored a penalty in one game, against Elche. Four of his last six goals have come with maximum penalties. His influence in the auction zone has decreased.

There is no clear explanation to Ancelotti, beyond your bet for another player profile like Fede Valverde or Rodrygo Goes at the right end of the offending trident. Or use another 9 in the last minutes of matches like the youth squad Álvaro Rodríguez and his 1.92 height.

But the truth is the role of Asensio is reduced to a maximum. As he took advantage of 24 minutes at El Sadar to score for the second consecutive game, just three minutes at Anfield, starting the derby on a gray day that lasted 63 minutes on the field and missed out on Barcelona and Betis . These are games where he can give the trick of shooting from outside the area, especially in a classic where the rival is locked up defending himself. This is not an option for Ancelotti and his future at the club has once again sown more doubts than certainties.