Lucas, again to the rescue

Lucas Vázquez has once again earned a place at Real Madrid. And it is that with the Galician it seems that the process is always the same: he begins the course as a substitute theoretician, joins the team due to different circumstances and ends up showing season after season that he has the level and character to give a lot to the whites . Against Barcelona, ​​replacing a tired Carvajal, he was key in extra time, recovering several important balls (including a key one for Ansu Fati when the Blaugrana was inside the area) and launching several counterattacks, including Valverde’s definitive goal.

Against Athletic he will return to ownership on the right side. The contagion of Carvajal, positive for coronavirus, alters Ancelotti’s plans, which he planned to repeat with Leganés. However, it is a position that does not generate so many headaches since he blindly trusts Lucas, who has always answered him. In fact, this season he has already played 21 games, 15 of which he has played as a winger (the other six he has played as a winger and only two of them as a starter). Among them is the victory at the Camp Nou in the League (1-2) or the two wins against Valencia. It is already his natural position and that is why the club decided to stay with him in the summer and release Odriozola, on loan at Fiorentina.

This season is repeating what was experienced in the past. Carvajal is not having any luck with injuries and Lucas is making up for his absence. Under Zidane’s orders, in 2020-21, Curtis’s played a total of 34 games, playing a total of 20 as a right-back, in addition to another three as a lane. He was very important in the Champions League qualifiers against Atalanta and Liverpool, as well as in the Clasicos and the League derbies.

His good performance was what convinced Madrid to renew his contract, which ended last summer. The board decided to give him two more years with a salary increase included to show him his importance and value his involvement with the team. At 30 years old, the white youth squad, who arrived in Madrid in 2007 as a youth, returns to the rescue of the team at a key moment, when the first title of the season is at stake.