Ancelotti will have reinforcements

Ancelotti left for the first international break of the 2021-22 season with the feeling of duty accomplished: his Real Madrid has scored 7 points out of 9 In the first three games, all away from home, he has shown good moments of play and a lot of ease when it comes to generating scoring chances, scoring eight goals in his three stakes. It's time to forget about the market, celebrate the arrival of Camavinga and think about the squad of 25 remaining players.

In sports and so far, the glass half empty is served by the four goals against, although three took place in the Ciutat against Levante. Against Betis, Madrid once again transmitted that image of a rocky team that has characterized it in recent years. And all this has been carried out by Carletto with no less than seven casualties, although he hopes that the break will give him some relief in that regard.

Right now there are seven occupants of the infirmary: Modric, Kroos, Marcelo, Mendy, Lunin, Nacho and Ceballos. If everything goes as expected by the Italian coach, six of them could be ready for the return to the competition, on September 12 against Celta in the dispute of the fourth day of LaLiga, which will also mean the return of the white team to the Santiago Bernabéu , where he has not played since March 1, 2020. Even if the circumstances accompany, that duel could be the debut of Kylian Mbappé in white.

Kroos and Mendy, the most difficult

Lunin will return safely, because his absence is due to a positive for COVID that, by then, should already be overcome without problems. Nacho missed the visit to Betis due to a slight overload, so hopefully he will have no problems returning to training this week. Marcelo, in fact, had already been doing part of the sessions with the group and these two weeks of break will give him the time necessary to refine himself physically. And similar happens with Modric, who is already in the final stretch of his recovery due to muscular problems and in fact it is not ruled out that he may join Croatia to play the third of the matches of this national team break.

The thorniest cases are those of Kroos and Mendy, although Ancelotti has faith that both can return to the group soon. The German goes through problems in the pubis, a delicate region. And the Frenchman has a tibial periostitis that has become complicated, but the club is already optimistic.