In recent years, Real Madrid has always had a fairly healthy and balanced locker room. Between respected captains, complementary players fully aware of their role and young players with an overwhelming thirst for progress, there have never been any major internal problems on the Bernabéu side. Especially since the Merengues have also had coaches who are rather conciliatory and lenient with their players, like Zinedine Zidane or Carlo Ancelotti. Two tacticians who are quite close to their players, attentive to them, and clearly not the type to play cowboy with their flock.
However, in recent weeks, the situation has changed a little. There are several players who are starting to be a little unhappy with their lot. Some of them did not hesitate to express their discomfort in public. Rodrygo was the latest: “I have always made it clear that I have the ability to play on the wings, I just don’t like playing as a 9, even though at my club I have to do it. Here, in the national team, I can move all over the pitch, which has helped my game”. Earlier, Luka Modric, Aurélien Tchouameni and Eduardo Camavinga had also suggested that they were not very fans of their use or their positioning. The media Relevo also underlines that for these players, the selection is a sort of oasis of peace, where they can rediscover their role and their importance, in addition to having used their media appearances to express their discomfort.
Ancelotti, less respected?
If the case of the two French people is not yet considered particularly thorny, it is something else for the Brazilian and the Croatian. The Canarinha player is worried, since Real Madrid had, and still has, a lot of expectations on him. The data used by Marca further confirms that if we talk about creating chances or progressing with the ball, Rodrygo is below the average of La Liga attackers. Proof that he is less efficient at the point than on a wing. As for Modric, he has even already expressed his dissatisfaction with his lack of playing time – only 4 TCC starts this season – privately to Carlo Ancelotti, and on several occasions. This is what everyday life explains Marca this Tuesday.
For its part, Sport explains that the more than likely departure of Carlo Ancelotti for Brazil at the end of the season made him lose authority with his players. The latter are already aware that the Italian will surely no longer be there in a few months, and have therefore taken a little comfort. Which was never the case in previous seasons. A difficult situation to manage for the former PSG coach, while his team has started the season well, at the top of the La Liga standings and with two victories in two days of the Champions League.
