Real Madrid were hot on Friday evening at Valencia FC. Trailing for a long time, Kylian Mbappé and his team finally turned the tables at the end of the game and won thanks to goals from Luka Modric and Jude Bellingham (1-2, 12th day of La Liga). But the latter had previously missed a penalty. An exercise in which the Merengue encounter some difficulties this year. To the point of making Carlo Ancelotti react.
The Italian coach raised the subject just after the match in a press conference, returning to the penalties missed by his team since the start of the season. “We missed three penalties and that bothers me. I must take my responsibilities and designate the person who must take responsibility for them. » Without wanting to blame Jude Bellingham who largely made up for his initial failure by giving the Merengue victory at the end of added time (90th+5), the “Mister” is aware that he has to do something.
Ancelotti will walk on eggshells
Since August, Real Madrid have benefited from eleven penalties. Eight were registered (four by Vinicius Junior, three by Kylian Mbappé and one by Jude Bellingham). The three misses are to be distributed between the French (two) and the English (one). It remains to be seen how Carlo Ancelotti will go about redistributing the cards without causing discontent on one side or the other.
In the meantime, the Madrilenians took advantage of their narrow success to temporarily regain the leading position in the Spanish championship, two units ahead of their runner-up and neighbor Atlético.
