Real Madrid arrives in the Money Time of its season. In Liga, the classification leader receives Atlético de Madrid tomorrow in a derby that promises to be boiling. A shock that the merengues should not lose, under penalty of seeing the Colchoneros chew them first. Finally, Madrid must also prepare for its explosive Champions League dam against Manchester City, with a first leg planned in four days.
For these important matches, the situation has not changed for Carlo Ancelotti. The Italian coach must always deal with a very reduced defensive sector. Besides the long -standing injury, Dani Carvajal, “Carletto” continues to see his centrals fall like flies. Antonio Rüdiger came out on injury against Espanyol, David Alaba injured in the ischiojambiers, while Eder Militão will once again have to stay away from the field for very long months after yet another serious knee injury.
Ten minutes played this season
To compensate for all these absences, Ancelotti quickly understood that we should not wait for a gesture of Florentino Pérez on the transfer window. Faced with this observation, Ancelotti therefore chose to trust youth. Thus, Raul Asencio (21) and Jacobo Ramón (20) were used to play in defense, alongside Ferland Mendy and Federico Valverde during the match against Leganés. An opportunity for AS To remember that the technician nevertheless has a more experienced solution: Jesus Vallejo. At 28, the player spent by Eintracht Frankfurt, Wolverhampton and Granada is completely snubbed by his coach.
Under contract until the end of the season, Vallejo does not enter the plans of Ancelotti which therefore passes two players from the reserve before him. A difficult situation for the native of Zaragoza who gives the change by displaying his involvement on his social networks. Not enough to soften Ancelotti who only used it once this season. And unfortunately for Vallejo, it was during the match against Alavés. An entry ten minutes from the end (Casa Blanca then led 3-0) which coincided with the return of the Basques at the end of the match (3-2). And that, Carlo Ancelotti obviously did not forgive him …
