For Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti and his players, due to the team's delay in getting out of the trough, their feelings in the past period must not be very good, and the pressure from the team management and fans is naturally also there. Fortunately, in La Liga, the competitive status of several major competitors is also relatively average, which allows Real Madrid to maintain a certain advantage in the league. However, in the Champions League, the shortcomings of Real Madrid's overall strength have been revealed, especially in the dense schedule, the team's relatively old lineup has obviously affected the team's performance.
At the technical and tactical level of the team, Ancelotti has been criticized more obviously for the first time this season. It is reported that the team has been quite critical of some arrangements for Ancelotti. In terms of platooning, Ancelotti has a lot of trust in the main players, which makes the main players and substitutes "clear". Even when many of the main players in the team are older and not suitable for continuous play, Ancelotti refuses to make effective rotations. In particular, players such as Modric and Tony Kroos obviously have a significant decline in athleticism, but Ancelotti seems to have chosen to "turn a blind eye" and continue to stubbornly let them play frequently. Such a midfield configuration has obvious shortcomings in terms of defense, which has been seen in the league. Therefore, when the team faces an opponent who is stronger than itself, the loss of power in the midfield is naturally inevitable.
Objectively speaking, the outside world's doubts about Ancelotti's rotation of players are mainly in the midfield position. In other positions, such as in the forward line, although Benzema is also 34 years old, because in this position, the substitutes are far from his strength, so it is understandable that Ancelotti has been sending him to play. However, in midfield, the team has a number of very good players on the bench. The two players who make fans most upset are Valverde and Camaranga. Among them, Valverde is recognized as one of the most promising players in the Real Madrid squad and is also regarded as the future mainstay of the team's midfield position. His €65 million worth is tied for second place in the team, behind Vinicius, who has been on the rise this season. However, Ancelotti was clearly too conservative in his use of Valverde, giving him only 11 starts.
Compared to Real Madrid's fixed three main midfielders, Valverde and Camaringa are able to provide the team's most scarce running ability, coverage and interception ability. For Carlo Ancelotti, if he doesn't want to get nothing after the season, he has to rotate players as much as possible. Moreover, after the end of the season, the team must also solve the problem of unreasonable age structure. In addition to the midfield position, adjustments also need to be made in the backline. Especially at left-back, Mendy has not played well this season, especially in strong conversations, and the 26-year-old French full-back is becoming less and less worthy of reliance. Ancelotti is interested in Scotland international Tierney. The latter is a all-rounder at the back who can play as both left-back and centre-back and has performed quite well on both offensive and defensive ends this season. On the transfer market, he is worth around €32 million.
In the centre-back position, the combination of Militang and Alaba is decent, they have contributed to a higher than average level of play, but there is still a relatively obvious gap from the top level. Moreover, in addition to these two main centre-backs, Real Madrid lack high-level substitutes in this position. With both Nacho and Vallejo underperforming, the team's squad depth is noticeably inadequate. According to transfer expert Schilla, Real Madrid's attention to Rudiger has been going on for a long time and they are confident of winning the German international. It is reported that Real Madrid is ready to offer Rudiger a five-year contract with an annual salary of 11 million euros. For Real Madrid, if They can successfully waive Rudiger, the team's problems in the center-back position will be solved, and the team can use more transfer funds for reinforcements in the forward line.
It's no secret that after a few mulled transfer periods, Florentino will almost certainly complete some top-level signings at the end of the season. According to the Daily Sport, Real Madrid have made decisive progress in Haaland's transfer operations, and they are very close to signing the €150 million superstar player. It is reported that after Real Madrid negotiated with Haaland, the two sides have reached an agreement, that is, as long as Haaland chooses to transfer at the end of this season, then Real Madrid will have to sign him. This basically made Haaland's next home lose suspense. The Norwegian goalscorer is very hopeful that he will wear real madrid's white shirt next season and defend the team in all competitions. (The picture comes from the Internet, if there is infringement, please contact to delete)