Real Madrid caught another great game in Tiráspol that earned them to close their qualification to the knockout stages of the Champions League. Excluding the first minutes, the team was clearly superior to the Sheriff and set the pace of the game at all times to end up scoring 3-0. It is the fifth consecutive victory, the seventh in eight games, in which it is already the best streak of the white team this season. This is what has caused Ancelotti to decide to put rotations aside. The Italian has decided to give continuity to the same players (an eleven marked that only alter two or three more players) to maintain the competitive level.
Within the general joy that Real Madrid breathes, there is a concern: Can the accumulation of minutes in some footballers take its toll? The schedule thickens in the coming weeks, with matches every three days against high-flying rivals such as Seville, Real Society, Inter or Athletic from Madrid. One of the most important sections of the course in which Carletto is going to need the best version of his best players, and many of them arrive with many minutes on their legs.
In the center of the field, Kroos and Modric They did not rest for a minute in the duel against the Sheriff despite the fact that in the 55th minute the game was resolved. While it is true that the German is coming off two weeks off, has played 783 minutes in the last ten games, 87% of the total. The case of the Croatian may be more worrying, since in addition to constantly repeating titles, he comes from a very demanding FIFA date with Croatia. In your case, Carletto It is clear to him: at the slightest discomfort, he will rest. He has already had to stop a couple of times this course.
Vinicius and Benzema, the team’s offensive stars, also completed the 90 minutes in Moldova. The Brazilian has 16 consecutive starts and begins to show signs of fatigue. Against Granada, he played a magnificent second half, but had trouble adjusting to the match in the first. Against the Sheriff he was not successful and, although he stopped some of his beautiful dribbles, he did not try to face the door. Karim’s match rally does not seem to affect him, but he has already had some muscle problems this season and he is playing with fire. Add 1,491 minutes this season (not counting those played with France). He has played all the games except one, all of them as a starter, and in them he has only rested 39 minutes (2.5% of total).
“The squad is fine. I think everyone can play at the moment, they are well physically and working. We will evaluate it for each game”, commented Ancelotti after the Sheriff regarding the rotations. “I changed Mendy for a card, Carvajal because he came from the injury, Rodrygo the same, Alaba was injured … I only had one change,” he added regarding the 90 minutes of Kroos and Modric.
With other footballers like Carvajal or Rodrygo, more care is being taken. Mainly, because they have recently come out of muscle injuries and do not want to risk a relapse. Also, because he trusts more in the substitutes of both that he has in the squad. In the center of the field or up front, Modric, Kroos, Vinicius and Benzema have no alternative. A problem to which Ancelotti, if he does not want to exhaust them, will have to find a solution.
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Ancelotti takes the risk