Real Madrid travels to San Mamés with many doubts, it arrives with injuries, sanctions, very tired players and Ancelotti at this time may still not know the eleven. These are your five concerns:
A priori Lunin is the Cup goalkeeper, but Carlo was asked at a press conference who was going to be the goalkeeper and he left it up in the air. He did not dare to answer with certainty about who will occupy the goal. Thibaut is Madrid’s fittest player and comes into this game with Benzema missing, if neither of them is there it could cause a lot of problems.
Mendy is injured, which is beginning to happen frequently and Marcelo was sent off in the round of 16 against Elche so there is only one alternative left, Nacho. The youth squad complies every time he plays, what we don’t know is if he will be central so that Alaba occupies the side or vice versa.
Dani returns after passing the Covid, I make it seem that he will be the starter. He arrives without any competitive rhythm since, as we know, he is not capable of playing three games in a row. Even so, the level of Lucas Vázquez improves. The question for Carlo is who to put in the eleven after the good performance of Curtis defending Muniain in the Super Cup final.
Vini JR and Militao aim for headlines. Rodrygo surely not since Asensio has been training regularly for several days. Casemiro, despite not playing in the last match, may leave his place for Camavinga, as we saw in the last league game at San Mamés, and Valverde has a very difficult time playing at the level of Kroos and Modric.
Karim was injured against Elche and did not arrive for a match as crucial as the quarterfinals in a single match. The doubt for Ancelotti is who will occupy the position of 9, seeing how little confidence he has in Jovic. Carlo can go anywhere even with Bale as 9 before the Serb.
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