“The holidays are over”in other words this is what Carlo Ancelotti decided to put in place from this international break. After an average start to the season, Real Madrid is far from having achieved its objectives. 6 points behind FC Barcelona in La Liga, the Madrid team is also in a sad 18th place in the general standings of the Champions League. Far too insufficient. And as if that wasn’t enough, the level displayed by certain players during matches is frankly worrying.
This is particularly the case of Kylian Mbappé. The Frenchman displays a technical and physical level well below average. But it’s not the only one. Overall, the Merengues show a physical level that is quite worrying and raises questions. During the heavy defeat against FC Barcelona, Real Madrid ran 10 km less than their opponent. Against Lille, the Spanish team even ran 12 km less, this is also the case against Stuttgart (8 km less), against Dortmund (6 km less) and Milan (5 km less). And it didn’t happen internally at all.
Players complained about not training enough
According to information from RelevoCarlo Ancelotti decided to toughen up the tone on a physical level and thus changed the group’s program in recent days. From now on, the idea is to do real athletic work, which he had decided to avoid since the start of the season so as not to overload the players after Pintus’ summer preparation (which is also being singled out). But this choice had already raised eyebrows since players had already complained about the low physical work at Real Madrid. Internally, David Alaba was particularly surprised by the differences with Bayern Munich on this point.
The group also did not understand the two days of rest granted after the defeat against Barça while the Calatans resumed training the next day. In essence, the group felt that they were not training enough with Carlo Ancelotti and were not able to gain momentum as the season progressed. And the Italian technician, who wants his team to be more compact and tactically solid, has decided to change things. “Either we raise our level of play, or Liverpool will sweep us aside in every way”slipped into his locker room Carlo Ancelotti before the break. Real Madrid have decided to change their method and for once, the players also seem to agree with the idea of doing more in training. It remains to be seen whether this will pay off.
