The main issues highlighted by the Italian were attitude, commitment and balance, which Relevo believes was a deliberate attempt to get his players’ ears warmed. The formation may be a 4-2-4 in attack, but Rodrygo Goes and Jude Bellingham are responsible for the transformation to a 4-4-2 in defence, and Mallorca exploited Los Blancos in their zones.
The fear is that with the departure of Toni Kroos and the arrival of Mbappé, the dynamics of the team will force Real Madrid to divide into a defense and an attack with little space in between.
“We don’t need to be PSG,” he said.is the half-serious, half-joking phrase that has been commented on around Valdebebas.
Too much drama at Real
The Merengues want to avoid what they saw at PSG, when Mbappé was flanked by Neymar Junior and Lionel Messi, with the three remaining in attack and the rest of the team in defense. Meanwhile, the collapse of the Galacticos, when Claude Makelele left the Santiago Bernabeu to integrate more avant-garde players, is also cited as a previous experience of something similar.
Last season, it was reported that Florentino Perez wanted to see all four of Bellingham, Mbappe, Vinicius Junior and Rodrygo in action, while Carlo Ancelotti had concerns about the defensive balance of that option. It wouldn’t be the first time Ancelotti has made political choices early in the season, only for the problems that come with it to give him a platform to change things to his liking.
