First defeat of the season confirms Real Madrid’s concerns about Ancelotti | Relief
He real Madrid They haven’t lost in ten months, but since the start of the season the symptoms the team has transmitted are not positive. The obvious lack of play and a team that breaks down easily is starting to unnerve the club.who asks for more. Great efforts have been made with the current line-up and the result to date is far from what was expected. On the ground floor they begin to look askance at Carlo Ancelotti.
In some club offices, he is considered not the only, but the main culprit of what is happening.. The dressing room is full of stars and it was expected that at this stage of the season, in addition to results, a higher level would be visible. That he will take advantage of the attack and turn the talent at his fingertips into a team with a clear and compelling vision of the game.
Madrid have three draws and one defeat in twelve matches.. A little play and four stumbles that started a small fire. They have six points left in La Liga and end their excellent run in the Champions League with a defeat to Lille. The problem against the French was not the result, but the game. A defeat that could have been expected given the level shown in recent weeks. He also fails to get the best version of his players.. Mbappe, Vinicius, Bellingham… few players in the current squad show their potential. This is a general trend for which Ancelotti finds no antidote.
Ancelotti does not hide. He is the first to realize his mistakes. He doesn’t hesitate to admit that his team isn’t playing well and isn’t achieving its goals. “It’s not enough to talk about it to fix it, because that would be much easier.. There are a lot of things that need to be improved, it’s not enough to talk about it. The team has improved and this is a turnaround,” he said before returning to Madrid.
It doesn’t work with the system
The Italian continues to think about the system. Given Mbappe’s workload, he chose the four midfielders that many at Real Madrid had asked for. But with the arrival of another player in midfield, things did not improve. The lights that were seen against Espanyol and Alaves have gone out at the Metropolitano and Lille.
And the problem of the first parts. Only in two matches did he manage to score before the break. The team has struggled to get off to a tough start and while it usually solves that problem in the second half, it forces them to play a lot of games on the wire.
The team supports its coach. Ancelotti led them to a 15th-place finish just a few months ago and they are confident they can progress. But there is not enough work for everyone. Excuses are starting to dry up and in the highest areas of Valdebebas they want to react as quickly as possible.