It’s a difficult wake-up call for Madrid this Sunday. On Saturday evening, the team led by Carlo Ancelotti was crushed by their sworn enemy; a 4-0 defeat which will leave its mark. Unsurprisingly, the Madrid media are going wild. Kylian Mbappé is, unsurprisingly, the first player singled out by pro-Madrid journalists and editorialists. Particularly vehement against him, the pro-Madrid media have even gone so far as to explain that they regret his arrival and the departure of Joselu…
But the Frenchman is not the only Madrilenian who is expensive this Sunday. Far from it. Carlo Ancelotti is, unsurprisingly, the second most singled out man in the press in the Spanish capital. He is criticized for a team that still does not have a game plan, and comparisons with his counterpart Hansi Flick are anything but flattering for the Italian coach. Without going so far as to ask for his head, pro-Real Madrid journalists are calling for a reconsideration, even believing that the team is simply not working in training.
Camavinga, the only one who escapes?
His use of Jude Bellingham also goes down very poorly in Marca notably : “Bellingham is a shadow of the player he was last year. And it’s not his fault, but because of the way he’s used. Playing him stuck to the right side is a joke in bad taste that Ancelotti must correct immediately”. Among the players, there are also many who are criticized. Vinicius Jr is a little spared, as he approaches his future Ballon d’Or coronation, but players like Ferland Mendy, Aurélien Tchouameni and Lunin are very criticized.
“The Clasico de Tchouameni is one of those which marks the trajectory of a player at the club. He arrived with a lot of doubts, and the match did not help to dispel them.”explain Marca. Rather generally appreciated, players like Antonio Rüdiger, Lucas Vazquez or Fede Valverde have also received negative comments in the press. If there is one player who runs away, it is Eduardo Camavinga. “If Real Madrid didn’t win the Clasico, it’s not because of Camavinga”explains for example A.S.which highlights his combativeness, his efforts and his good transmissions for the attackers. Dressed for winter, the Madrid squad has its work cut out for it…
