Ancelotti has homework to do

Sheriff Tiraspol's historic 1-2 at the Bernabéu is not a catastrophe for Real Madrid for qualifying purposes, but it ends up exposing a chain of fronts to which this experimental Carlo Ancelotti has not found a stable solution. The Italian attempted a failed revolution against the modest Transnistrian team with a fourfold change (in minute 65 and 1-1) which meant fracture the team, confirm that it is porous in defense and that Camavinga ended up playing left back …

The notices are piling up …

The “details” back

Although it has been an insistent complaint from Carletto since the second day, that 3-3 against Levante (“You have to put more intensity”), the strength behind does not come. His Madrid has conceded one more goal (10) than Zidane's had last year at this point. Bleeding was that draw at the Ciutat because the three Granotas goals were due to defensive imbalances. The same happened in Celta's momentary 1-2 at the Bernabéu (he finished 5-2). Just before the Sheriff, Nacho spoke of “taking care of the defensive details.” The Transnistrians took advantage of two: the counter in the 0-1 that caught Militao and Alaba without controlling Yakhshiboev and the 1-2 where, in the words of Ancelotti, “we had to position ourselves better in the throw-in”. In three games at the Bernabéu, five goals against. ANDThe team needs to start defending better.

Without repeating alignment yet

Real Madrid fans still cannot know an eleven type of this ‘new’ Ancelotti. Due to injuries but also due to a tactical decision, Madrid's nine games have shown as many different starting line-ups. The same did Zizou at the start of last season and fell to Shakhtar and Cádiz and drew in Mönchengladbach …

Cartoon dance

Coupled with the above is the continuous swaying of systems. From that everlasting 4-3-3 of the first Ancelotti, forced by the BBC, He has also opted for 4-4-2, 4-2-3-1 and variants such as 4-4-1-1 in Mestalla. In the 4-4-2 against the Sheriff, “Nacho, Valverde and Hazard had to change on the right side,” explained the coach. The team ended up playing in a chaotic 4-2-4. It seems that the players have not yet digested their board.

Carvajal, no replacement (yet)

Although the club renewed Lucas with that task, Ancelotti continues to test the two substitutes: Valverde against Villarreal and in the final stretch against the Sheriff, and also Nacho on two occasions. Lucas has disappeared as a side (He hasn't played there for three days) …

Clear up with Hazard …

The Belgian has gone from the left profile of the trident that started the League (with Bale on the right) to the midfielder and a final drift has brought him, before the Sheriff, to the right wing with Vinicius on the contrary. Still unmarked in this 2021-22. Only Benzema and Vini seem to take responsibility. Between the two they add 14 goals, the rest of the team, nine …