El Clásico asks Real Madrid for a ‘9’. After playing the first three preseason games (two wins and one loss), the only certainty at the moment is that that dorsal remains an orphan in Ancelotti’s squad. Joselu gained ground in the match against Manchester Unitedgreat goal from the Chilean kick included, but he still has a long way to go to try to put an end to a debate that the first headline has already left: Without nine, for now, there is no paradise with the new game idea.
Summary and goals of Barcelona 3-0 Real Madrid in the preseason classic.
“We have not been successful in front of the goal and we have done everything to score. The last two goals have caught us more overturned and we should not have conceded them. Despite this, the team is on the right path and we have done good things“, assured carvajal after the final whistle. The Spanish winger is not lacking in reason after analyzing the data from the match at AT&T Stadium in front of 82,026 spectators. Real Madrid did 29 shots in the Classicbut only five embarrassed a Ter Stegen that he spent the game smiling. Ancelotti’s men reached the rival area with danger, synonymous with the fact that the team overflows with quality on all sidesbut they ran out of the necessary gunpowder to see the door in the first game No friendly of the season, at least for the intensity displayed on the grass (27 fouls and 8 yellows).
Reliving nightmares from the past
However, what was experienced in the first Clásico of the season is a almost exact reproduction of the needs that happened to the white team last year. The comedown of Benzema after the World Cup in Qatar, caused by injuries and continuous muscle fatigue from forcing the machinery more than recommended, reflected the harsh reality of a team that ran out of punch in the decisive stretch. A problem facing door that forced Rodrygo to transform into a flashing patch. The Brazilian, intelligent as no one when it comes to reading the needs of his teammates, fit well into his new role… but a patch, as is well known, can never be the definitive solution to a serious problem. Madrid paid for the lack of a killer and the final result is already known to all.
Dani Carvajal warns Barcelona: “I am convinced that in official competition we are going to pass them by
That being the case, the tour to the other side of the pond gives Real Madrid fans a giftn oasis of what life can be like for the white team if a footballer does not arrive to acquire the number 9 number. “It’s quite rare to hit five posts in a game. It’s never happened to me and it’s better if it happens in a preseason game. It seemed that there was a wall in the rival goal. I have put a new team to see how the young people adapted. She has turned out well. We must continue in this line and without a fixed striker we have had many opportunities”, cleared ancelotti in mixed zone.
Luck has a percentage of responsibility
before the bar, Luck was not with Real Madrid either throughout the match. A missed penalty, 5 shots to the wood (three from Vini, one from Tchouamni and another from Bellingham) and the constant feeling that the ball was not going to kiss the nets no matter what. There are days when it is better not to get out of bed and, although luck has always had a percentage of responsibility in the future of any teamthe reality is that Madrid left the stadium blank… and the rival with three goals. A few inches between success and failure, with permission from antetokounmpo, which open up countless debates among fans. And in Dallas, although Carvajal insists on stating that the Mbapp Case is not discussed in the locker room, the name of the French footballer was the most repeated in a stadium that cries out for his signing.
Ancelotti: “Five sticks in a match… it had never happened to me”
The accounts are simple… and the Italian coach remains convinced that his drawing will work. Ancelotti has one more testagainst Juventus in Orlando, to fit all the pieces of your puzzlea 4-4-2 that has given away good moments during the preseason… but has run out of gunpowder in the most demanding game to date. And Mbapp, as always, continue flying over the Santiago Bernabú.
