What everyone has seen since the beginning of the season (except Ancelotti) is that Madrid started the season in the best possible way, but that in many games they remembered that Zidane team that was so boring and about which so many complained.
We went from seeing a team with a very strong starting eleven and with quite good reserves, with players of the stature of Fede Valverde, Camavinga, Rodrygo, Jovic, Hazard, Mariano or Bale, to a team where there were only eleven starters more Rodrygo or Valverde when he was not injured. All these players would a priori be starters in most La Liga teams, but with the Italian coach, it is clear that they do not have any opportunities.
The two key pieces of the attack without a doubt are Benzema and Vini JR and both of them today are burned out. Karim is coming off an injury. The accumulation of unnecessary games that he has played have come to weigh him down and we have seen how when he has been really needed he has not appeared. Neither in the Cup against Athletic because he was injured, nor in the Champions League against PSG where he chased shadows throughout the game. The case of Vinicius is very similar. A player who has played every minute when he has been available, but has lost the spark with which he started the year. He has gone from being an unstoppable player to being a predictable player. He couldn’t leave Achraf once against PSG.
The problem is more than detected, the lack of rotation has taken its toll on Real Madrid and from the board they have shown Carlo their discontent. The season can only be saved by winning the Champions League, since it would be a catastrophe if La Liga were not won. Ancelotti needs to find the key so that Karim and Vini are ready for the big events, otherwise Carletto would have the first campaign of his suspenseful return.
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