Real Madrid: Carlo Ancelotti defends Raul Asencio

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By: Manu Tournoux

Author of 25 appearances this season with Real Madrid, Raul Asencio is one of the beautiful stories in Liga. Never appeared as a first team before, the 22-year-old defender took advantage of the many injuries in the Madrid rear guard to win. However, his situation with regard to justice could jeopardize his career and cause him a lot of wrong during the matches he is playing this season. The subject of an investigation for the broadcast of a sexual video of a 16 -year -old girl, the native of Las Palmas faces up to five years in prison and is targeted by insulting songs towards him.

Insulted by the public of Real Sociedad this Wednesday during the King Cup semi-final (0-1), Asencio was replaced after 45 minutes against this climate more than Hostile. Asked about his young defender this Friday at a press conference, Carlo Ancelotti explained that his player had to be protected more: “The player is fine. He recovered well. He was affected and that's normal. It's been a few days and he's ready to play. Something happened that should not have happened. The protocol was very well applied. (…) Holder that in Bernabeu? No no. I put it when I want to put it in the starting eleven. We did not think of anything else. But that is not inevitable. Insults are not inevitable.»»