Real Madrid have recently achieved a good record, with four consecutive wins in all competitions, the league-top advantage extended to eight points, and the Champions League has also advanced to the quarter-finals, two of which have combined 3-2 wins over Paris Saint-Germain. Behind Real Madrid's strong record, at the same time there is a player whose status is gradually recovering, this person is already in the "Galaxy Fleet" to prove his ability, the team's midfielder-to-be successor Federico Valverde.
Federico Valverde joined Real Madrid from Uruguay as early as the summer of 2016, when he was only 17 years old and played for Real Madrid B. Loaned to another La Liga team, La Coruna, after one season and familiar with the rhythms of La Liga, although the team failed to relegate, Federico Valverde's performance in the season was quite good, coupled with the pre-season preparation, successfully impressed the then Real Madrid coach Lopetegui, and finally left Federico Valverde in the Real Madrid first team in the 2018/19 season.
Real Madrid has experienced three managers this season, in the hands of Lopetegui and Santiago Solari, Federico Valverde has not been taken seriously, and can only prove himself in the limited playing time, until Zidane's "second entry" has undergone a drastic change, Federico Valverde used a fairly short period of time to gain Zidane's trust, regard it as an important member of Real Madrid, to know that the young midfielders including Marcos Llorente and Dani Ceballos, who were already slightly famous at that time, were abandoned.
As a result, in the 2019/20 season, Federico Valverde played more than forty games for Real Madrid, winning La Liga and the Western Super League, and for more than five months, as long as Federico Valverde started, Real Madrid could achieve an unbeaten record. Federico Valverde effectively inputs speed, dynamism and breakthrough power into the Real Madrid midfielder, capable of replacing any of the "golden midfielder" combinations of Modric, Toni Kroos and Casemiro. In the 2020/21 season, Federico Valverde had more excellent and accurate inserts in the enemy penalty area, and it took only two months to break his goal record at Real Madrid, and from time to time he made cameo appearances on the right wing and right back for the team, and his performance was also remarkable, when federico Valverde suffered from shin, muscle injuries and new crown pneumonia, which caused Federico Valverde to miss many matches, and finally Real Madrid won the Champions League to the final four. La Liga also fought fiercely to the final round, with two points of hatred and relegation to the second place. If Federico Valverde had played a few more games for Real Madrid at that time, it is really unknown who the La Liga champions would have died, but there is no doubt that Federico Valverde at that time has become the most valuable player in Real Madrid.
This season, Real Madrid changed coaches again, ushering in Ancelotti's second coaching, Ancelotti also reused Federico Valverde, making him a starter in consecutive games, but with the return of Tony Kroos and Federico Valverde's injury against Barcelona, the "KCM" combination once again became the inevitable starting starter for Real Madrid, and during the period, Real Madrid's performance was indeed stable, so that Ancelotti had no intention of changing the team's starting combination, Federico Valverde could only get opportunities through substitutes, including two Western Super Cups, Federico Valverde. Although Valverde served as a substitute, but the final substitute played for the team to preserve the victory, the final four against Barcelona scored a winning goal in overtime, the ball Federico Valverde first in his own penalty area to successfully intercept, and then immediately quickly put into the counterattack, this ball showed Federico Valverde's advantages in all aspects, and successfully ended Real Madrid's championship-free trend.
But this season's frequent substitution has worried Federico Valverde about his prospects at the Bernabeu. However, after winning the Western Super Cup, the team's performance has declined, in the match against Elche, Villarreal failed to win, has a certain extent reflected the problem of insufficient team operation, the Copa del Rey defeated Bilbao, the Champions League sixteen first leg defeat to Paris, is a technical defeat, the "KCM" midfield combination of less bright spots, more mistakes performance has become the target of public criticism, in addition to Real Madrid has only scored one goal in three games, so that Ancelotti's coaching position appeared to move, under the persuasion of his assistant son Federico Valverde was "thawed" and the success of six confrontations, four returns and a 90% pass success rate against the Paris second leg starter became one of the keys to Real Madrid's victory.
"KCM" midfield combination strength is undoubted, for the glory of Real Madrid to make a contribution, but the three of them are also indisputable facts, in the deterioration of physical fitness, vitality, Real Madrid midfield really need to replenish new blood, recently Real Madrid has lost Mateo Kovacic, Marcos Llorente and other rising stars, so as the "Galactic Fleet" midfielder now Federico Valverde and represent the future of Carmaewega, Ancelotti needs to cherish and use these two midfielders, Whether it is for the future of Real Madrid and its own coaching position, avoid following in the footsteps of the 2014/15 season, when the team's performance at the end of the season fell sharply.