How to evaluate Aurélien Tchouaméni’s first season? After costing the Merengues a little over 80 million euros a little over a year ago, the former Monegasque delivered more than honest performances, in this role of replacing Casemiro, who left for Manchester United . Encouraging performances, and this season was supposed to be one of explosion. It’s gone pretty well. The French international also had to wait for this weekend’s match, against leader Girona, to score his first goal with the Merengue tunic.
It must be said that this season, the Frenchman has gained importance in the hierarchy. While the Merengues are in full generational succession (Kroos and Modric play less) and Carlo Ancelotti has bet on a system with four central midfielders, the 23-year-old player has gained ground and responds rather well to this confidence granted by Carlo Ancelotti .
The press is under the spell
“The Real Tchouameni”goes so far as to headline the daily newspaper Marca this Sunday morning.“Special mention for Aurélien Tchouaméni, who shone against Girona as the pivot of the team. (…) He confirmed his domination in the role of steward in the middle, by being this dominant player that we saw at the start of last season but who dissipated after the World Cup”we can read in the newspaper. “I really liked Tchouaméni’s match, he scored his first goal with the team and had a fantastic match”explained Carlo Ancelotti for his part after this very important duel.
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“I finally scored. I helped the team achieve this goal and I am very happy with the goal and the victory. It’s a move I worked on in training and knowing Kroos, I knew he was going to put in a good ball. It was a good goal. All my teammates are very happy for me. Scoring my first goal for Real Madrid is a dream”, launched the main person concerned to the club media. In Spain, many insist on the fact that he is not a defensive midfielder, but a player who can play in a more advanced position on the pitch. With a Tchouaméni at this level, Real Madrid can look forward to the post-Modric/Kroos era with optimism…
