They say praise weakens. Something similar could happen to Éder Militao, who has lost his superhero cape at the gates of the Copa del Rey final and Champions League semi-finals. The Real Madrid defender, the protagonist of this imperial performance that sparked debate over whether he can currently be considered the best central defender in the world, has committed blunders in recent games that have exacerbated the defensive fragility of a team that has conceded 11 goals in their last six league games, the same number Barca have scored throughout the season. A hemorrhage that alarms Carlo Ancelotti on the eve of two weeks in which the whites play the season. For example, the coach pulled the ears of the boss from his rear after the setback against Real Sociedad. “He needs to wake up soon,” the Real Madrid coach warned when questioned about the Brazilian’s downturn, who will have to miss the first game against Manchester City due to a build-up of yellow cards but is stuck in the Italian’s eleven will face Osasuna on Saturday at Seville’s La Cartuja Stadium in search of what would become the Chamartín club’s twentieth Copa del Rey title. Ancelotti is clear that the leadership of the former Porto player is essential for Real Madrid to end on a high note a season in which the Whites can lift two more trophies in addition to the European Super Cup and World Cup already won in Clubs, but in which they offer a withered image in the league. A tournament that they started with a martial move by adding 31 points in the first 11 days, but stopped weeks ago. After the break for the World Cup in Qatar, Chamartín’s side amass six defeats and three draws that have made the latter part of the championship a favorable scenario for those disconnections and lack of tension that affect much of the block, but that grip with unique strength for Militao for quite some time now. Failures in a chain The paulista appeared in the photo of Girona’s four goals against Real Madrid in Montilivi last week and was portrayed again in Take Kubo’s goal to open Real Sociedad’s win at the Royal Arena on Tuesday. The failed attempt to cut off Sorloth ended in a misstep and a suicidal transfer to Courtois that the Japanese striker took advantage of to hit his former team. A series of failures in a chain that exhausted Ancelotti’s patience, increasingly unsettled by the lack of concentration of his pupils. “We gave away the first goal and everything got more complicated from there,” said the transalpine, who read the introduction to his footballers about the lack of “defensive commitment” after the defeat against Girona without the message having penetrated the template. Related News Day 33 standard No La Real sets the direct direction of the Champions League and leaves the Barça alirón José Manuel Andrés in range Another defensive decoupling from Madrid serves Kubo’s goal on a tray, which together with Silva’s talent decides a lively game Defensive porosity It is being the main handicap for Real Madrid in a campaign in which the current League and Champions League champions have conceded 52 goals in 53 matches. The injuries to Mendy and Alaba weigh heavily on a defense in which Rüdiger has not yet shown his best performance and in which Carvajal has had many ups and downs. Militao’s sensational performance and Courtois’ corrective work helped alleviate many of the deficiencies in the rear of the block under Ancelotti’s management, hence any decline in the international’s performance with the ‘Canarihna’ causing tremors in the dressing room . That’s why the coach chose to shake him up looking for an instant reaction from ‘3’ that seems decisive for the fate Real Madrid may have before the end of the course.
Source: La Verdad
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