Real Madrid host Inter Milan on Tuesday in the sixth day of the Champions League group stage with the lead at stake. Whites are worth adding, either in the form of victory or draw, to go to the second round as first. If they lose, they will be second and Inter first.
It was already difficult for the whites to take the three points on the first day and now Ancelotti is already beginning to have setbacks, and even more so if we take into account that next Sunday is the derby against Atleético de Madrid.
The great concern of Ancelotti and all of Madrid is that Karim Benzema is not available to play this match. In Anoeta Jovic came out in his place and we saw an unknown facet of the Serbian in his best game since he is in Madrid. The question is whether what was seen on Saturday was just a one-day flower or if Jovic will be able to occupy Benzema’s position with guarantees … as long as he is the chosen one.
Benzema was the first to fall and although in principle it is not broken the risk that other players could be injured due to the load of minutes is there. Ancelotti still does not give a chance to rotations, especially in midfield, and any small annoyance can cause a player to miss the derby.
It is one of the weakest points of this Madrid, the balls at the back of the centrals. Both Alaba and Militao are very fast defenders but in that time of plays they are having problems regardless of who is the rival they face. If Dzeko and Lautaro realize this they can cause a lot of danger and they are two players who have a goal.
Ferland Mendy and Casemiro have seen two yellow cards in this group stage and if they see one more card against Inter tomorrow they would miss the first leg of the round of 16, since the phase change does not clear the cards.
Without Benzema practically all the attacking actions of the white team will go through Vinicius. If before Madrid always looked for the Brazilian, now it will do it even more and it no longer has the freshness of the start of the season. In each game he tries to dose himself but he already has actions in which it is seen that he reaches the ball right. Madrid cannot begin to depend on Vinicius or it will have a serious problem.
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