Real Madrid kick off their title defense by visiting newly promoted Almeria with rotations in sight
One hundred and six days after proclaiming themselves with tremendous brilliance and with four games to go as champions of the 2021-22 Liga, Real Madrid are embarking on the huge challenge of re-confirming the title, something they haven’t achieved since 2008, by visiting the field of newly promoted Almería with rotations in sight. While already moving forward after securing the European Super Cup by beating Eintracht in Helsinki, Carlo Ancelotti confirmed yesterday that he will be less hesitant this season when it comes to shaking up the eleven, as this is required by an exhausting calendar that the whites have left behind. will have plunged into five competitions, to which must be added the presence of many of the Italian pupils at the World Cup in Qatar, whose venue in the fall turns any type of planning into use. But also because he finds it the ideal formula to keep a group in which competition has increased with the acquisitions of Rüdiger and Tchouaméni. The Reggiolo coach has an extraordinary wardrobe and there is no better way to start the course than showing off the many variants at his disposal.
“The rotations are due to the fact that we have a very strong squad and everyone is motivated. There is a World Cup and we need a fairly long squad in good condition. The idea is to rotate more than last year. I have a more complete roster,” Ancelotti analyzed in the first press conference he offered in Valdebebas since that massive intervention on Media Day ahead of the Champions League final dispute against Liverpool that gave Real Madrid the fourteenth.
Since he hit the air again in Paris, all has been joy in the daily happenings of Real Madrid, whose ecstasy has not changed even by the famous levers of Laporta, intended to promote the revival of Barça as a serious threat to happiness Meringue. In addition to a quiet preseason with no surprises in the form of injuries, there was a demonstration in Finland’s capital that the whites have not lost an ounce of their competitive gluttony. The gargantuan intake of titles in recent months has far from sated the stomach of a bloc that has challenged itself to fight for the six trophies it aspires to in its nascent campaign, the first of which has already thickened their showcases.
“The sensations are good. We have all the hope in the world to start the season right. We are defending the title and every game will be competitive and complicated,” explained Ancelotti before facilitating a call that Carvajal and Rodrygo were unable to enter for physical reasons. The Leganés winger has been battling ankle problems for weeks advising caution, despite the fact that they didn’t stop him from participating in the European Super Cup as the Brazilian winger, for his part, missed the last session due to an overload in his right thigh.
They are Real Madrid’s only two victims in a match in which Ancelotti’s ‘outsiders’ hope to accuse themselves of arguments to trouble a coach who was marked by immobility in his line-up last year. Lucas Vázquez emerges as a replacement for Carvajal and Rüdiger also points to the eleven, either as a central defender or as a left back. Mid-field it seems clear that Ancelotti will bet on the violin in the most prestigious appointments, but Almeria could be a good place to unleash the rock and roll that his youngest midfielders are advocating. Above, Benzema and Vinicius appear permanent, while Asensio demands minutes after being unprecedented in Helsinki.
The abundance and tranquility with which Ancelotti travels contrast with the troubles that plague Rubi. The Catalan coach brought Almería back to the elite after the Andalusian team spent seven consecutive seasons in the Second Division and now faces the challenge of keeping it in the First Division, but he still doesn’t know which reeds he will be able to do. tackle. LaLiga’s financial control is tightening and in Almería they are waiting for money to balance the accounts. Sadiq, one of the main architects of the promotion with the 18 goals he scored last season, is on the starting ramp, as is Ramazani, who also has several girlfriends. But in anticipation of these potential sales, Rubi will face Real Madrid with an eleven very similar to the one promoted in Butarque last May.
Source: La Verdad
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