Matchday 10
Real Madrid, undefeated leader of Primera, seeks to prolong the sweet hangover of the classic against Elche, bottom of the championship that still does not know victory and is frustrated with the referees
The Martínez Valero will be the scene this Wednesday of a duel between two opposite poles. Elche, bottom of the First League that still does not know what victory is since the season raised the curtain, receives Real Madrid, undefeated leader of the championship that seeks to prolong the party that it inaugurated with its brilliant victory in the classic held last Sunday at the Santiago Bernabéu and extended a day later in Paris, where Karim Benzema won the Ballon d’Or and Thibaut Courtois collected the Yashin Trophy.
Carlo Ancelotti’s team, the best visitor in a tournament in which they have not suffered a single scratch in the five away games they have played to date, want to spoil the reunion with the Elche parish of Jorge Almirón, the Argentine coach at that Christian Bragarnik, owner of the franjiverde club, has rescued two years after his dismissal with the aim of correcting the course of a squad that has only been able to add three points in the first nine days and shares the dubious honor with Cádiz of being the block that throws the worst numbers as a local.
«Real Madrid is going through a great moment. It is a powerful team, which comes from winning the classic with authority and has a hierarchy. Add many games in a row, yes, and we do not know if he will rotate. All their players are elite. We are preparing the match with the good things that we did well in Valencia and others to improve. We know who the rival is and we want to play a good game to add, “said Almirón in the preview of a lawsuit to which Elche attends with frizzy spirits on account of the arbitrations.
A foul by the Valencian player Yunus Musah on Pere Milla that the Canarian Pulido Santana sanctioned without waiting to see how a play would evolve that ended with Nico Fernández stamping the ball into the goal nets guarded by Mamardashvili prevented the 2-3 from rising last Saturday to the Mestalla marker and the anger with the braids of Elche intensified.
Because the people of Elche collect a large list of alleged errors by the referees so far this season that heat up the week-to-week dispute with Real Madrid, for which the Federation of Peñas del Elche prepares a loud whistle in the 12th minute as a protest against the arbitration group that will add pepper to the confrontation. In the purely sporting, Almirón recovers Lucas Boyé, absent against Valencia due to suspension and who will return to the eleven to join forces in attack with Pere Milla, bigoleador in Mestalla.
On guard
Containing the firepower of the Argentine and the player from Lleida, authors of 50% of the goals scored by the second First team that has scored the least number of times so far in the League, is one of the purposes with which the team that has the most Gunpowder has shone in the championship against the most porous block in defense of the tournament.
The 22 goals that Real Madrid has scored at this point sum up the forcefulness with which the current League champion is handled, whom Ancelotti keeps on guard with the aim that the disparity of dynamics and the sweet hangover of the classic do not lead to a clash trap. «It is quite normal to have maximum concentration in high-level matches and more difficult after a match that has cost you a lot physically and mentally. We take it into account knowing that we are playing for the same three points that we have been able to win on Sunday, ”warned the Italian.
For this reason, and despite the fact that the agglomeration of matches advises rotating, everything indicates that the Real Madrid coach will configure a fairly recognizable eleven. It will feature the glittering Ballon d’Or, but not the brand new Yashin Trophy. «Courtois will not be against Elche. He is training quite normally and doing well, and I think he will be on Saturday », Ancelotti advanced.
Likely lineups
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Elche:
Edgar Badía, Josan, Palacios, Verdú, Enzo Roco, Clerc, Raúl Guti, Mascarell, Gumbau, Pere Milla and Lucas Boyé. -
Real Madrid:
Lunin, Lucas Vázquez, Militao, Rüdiger, Mendy, Tchouaméni, Valverde, Camavinga, Rodrygo, Benzema and Vinicius. -
Referee:
Gil Manzano (Extremeño Committee). -
Hour:
9:00 p.m. -
Stadium:
Martinez Valero. -
TV:
DAZN.
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