In the early morning of January 9, Beijing time, Real Madrid will sit at home against Valencia, which is the first home match of the New Year for Real Madrid. However, Real Madrid suffered a wordless incident, striker Jovic is still in isolation, the whole team has not turned to the yin alone, and must miss this key game.
Jovic joined Real Madrid in the summer of 2019 for a transfer fee of 63 million euros, ranking 8th in team history! More than two years later, Jovic has only scored three goals for Real Madrid, not even five best goals, and is regarded as the least efficient parallel cargo striker in Real Madrid's history.
During Zidane's time in charge, Jovic often sat on the bench and couldn't even make it to the roster. Since Serbia got the Ticket to the World Cup, Jovic also once moved his mind to leave the team, and it is understandable to try to have more playing time.
At the critical moment, Jovic suddenly opened the second pulse of Ren Dou, played well against Real Sociedad and Inter in two key games, and finally became a qualified forward rotation player who could share the pressure for Benzema.
Just as Jovic found the feeling, trouble came to him. Before the start of the second half of the league, a number of people in the Real Madrid team were recruited, and Jovic was one of them. However, eight days on, Courtois, Vinicius, Isco and Valverde have all turned cloudy and even played, and Jovic is still positive, which means he will continue to take paid leave.
Unfortunately, Mariano was also injured in the Copa del Rey match, meaning a crucial battle against Valencia, with only 1 centre-forward available for Benzema, Ancelotti forced to play a straight card, and even less room for maneuver.
Valencia's strength has slipped significantly, not comparable to its peak, and is currently in 9th place in the table. However, fans familiar with La Liga know that Valencia's kick against Real Madrid is like playing chicken blood, and there will always be super level play.
In the 13/14 season, Valencia drew 2-2 with Real Madrid at the Bernabeu, resulting in Real Madrid missing out on la Liga in the first round. In the 14/15 season, Valencia beat Real Madrid again, ending Ancelotti's 22-game winning streak.
Valencia swept Real Madrid 4-1 at home last season, giving Zidane the worst defeat of his career. For the first time this season, Real Madrid also fell behind for a long time, and did not score two goals in a row until the end of the game to achieve a turnover.
At present, Real Madrid is still 5 points ahead of Sevilla on the surface, but they play one more round and actually only lead by 2 points, Ancelotti has no breathing space at all, if they can't take Valencia, they will be turned over by Sevilla in minutes.