On September 16, 2014 the Ancelotti’s Madrid thrashed Basel (5-1) in a Champions League group stage match and the most successful streak on the Spanish soccer history (22 consecutive victories), interrupted by Valencia in January of following year with a 2-1 at Mestalla. Was the beginning of the end: the team, which then took four points from Barça, lost the league by two, fell in eighths of the cup against Atlético, in semifinals of the Champions against Juventus and Ancelotti, hero of La Décima, ended leaving the club. Hence his cautious speech with Madrid’s sidereal advantages over Atlético and Barça, especially after the stumble against Getafe in the worst game of the course and the closeness of the reliable Seville, and reservations about Valencia (follow the game live on AS.com).
The Bordalás team comes and goes in this League. He made ten points out of twelve at the start, then went seven games without winning and until the defeat against Espanyol in the last game of the year he had chained another eight without losing. Much of his irregularity is attributable to injuries, very concentrated in the rear, which has disfigured the usual defensive solidity of the Bordalás teams. He had never conceded more than 20 goals in the top category in the first round and already has 28. Only the three relegation zone teams present the worst data: Levante, Cádiz and Alavés. In return, they appear at the Bernabéu as the third highest scoring team in the category.
Carlos Soler, relevant loss
It comes from eliminating in the Cup Cartagena with as little glory as he Madrid liquidated Alcoyano. “I’m just happy with the result. There are things that I didn’t like,” Bordalás said after the crash. The least, without a doubt, the Carlos Soler’s injury at the end of the game. Soler is, with Gayà, the most relevant player of the team: seven goals, two assists, participation in the 35% of team and international goals consolidated in the Spain by Luis Enrique. A muscle injury leaves you out of the shock. Valencia have not won any of the four games without him. Too Hugo Duro will be missing, sent off against Espanyol, and does not arrive on time Gabriel Paulista, down in the last seven days. Yes will be the other two main players of the team: Gayá, recovered from COVID, and Guedes, the only footballer in the squad present in all matches. Portuguese is already approaching that of its beginnings. He has six goals, two less than in his best year with the team.
The Madrid arrives almost full and with a good part of his important players rested. Vinicius returns, that he had been in all the encounters until he contracted the coronavirus. The team his absence greatly accused against Getafe and Alcoyano. The sensations say it and the numbers say it: ten goals, four assists, the highest number of dribbles in the championship and the player who receives the most fouls. With him they will be the other four who rested in the Cup: Courtois, Mendy, Modric and Benzema. The only holder absent will be Carvajal, that it will be in the Super Cup. Lucas Vázquez will repeat in the square. And for the eternal vacancy, Marco Asensio seems this time the best placed. Of the trio of applicants (Rodrygo and Hazard are the other two) he was the only one who started on the bench in Alcoy and the one who has shown the most scoring ability.
A referee in the eye of the hurricane
In the center of the scene will be Hernandez Hernandez , Canarian collegiate unpleasant for Madrid. The club’s television yesterday made an exhaustive review of what it considered serious damage to the white team in the past, especially in their duels against Barcelona. Of the last fifteen games in which he has whistled Madrid, he has only won five. Valencia has also tried to protect itself. “They try to exert pressure,” replied Bordalás, who directs the team that commits the most fouls. (With the arrival of the coach he has gone from sixteenth place to the leadership) and he suffers more cautions and expulsions from the championship. Alderete, with nine yellows, is the most punished. Nothing that did not happen to Bordalás before in Getafe.
The Valencia is very close of the tail in possession and passes per game. Live comfortably behind the ball and teams of these characteristics are indigestible to Madrid. Ancelotti acknowledges the problem. Yesterday insisted that it is accurate improve the vertical game and in this he has insisted on video chatting with the footballers. In the field he has rehearsed it less due to lack of time. Another weapon of Valencia is the set piece, thanks to which he has scored twelve goals, more than anyone else in the league. But in his area, and in this chapter, he concedes too much.
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