Ancelotti’s Real Madrid begins a cycle of high-flying matches against Sevilla. Then Athletic, Real Sociedad and Atlético will come. And the team arrives on a roll, with three wins in a row and ten of the last twelve points in play won. The Madrid coach only has a doubt in the eleven type that is almost recited from memory. Whether to continue betting on Rodrygo, who played as a starter in the game against Sherif, or to do it for Asensio, who played the last league match against Granada at the beginning (and scored the first of the four goals).
Rodrygo started again against the Sheriff for the first time since he was injured against Rayo, before the last national team break (before that, he played a minute in the second half against Granada). The Brazilian seems to be very much to the taste of the Italian coach, who has found in him a perfect complement for the attacking trident together with Benzema and Vinicius. A very different idea from the one that started the season: his first idea for a trident was Bale, Benzema and Hazard.
In principle, Ancelotti does not plan to make any more changes to the team than Nacho’s forced by the limping Alaba. “Zero risk with him,” Ancelotti said in the previous match. Next Wednesday Madrid will face Athletic and on Saturday Real Sociedad. You have to dose efforts. On the other hand, it seems difficult to dispense with the starting midfield: Casmeiro, Modric and Kroos. The one who had more minutes in the last national team break was Modric, but he shows signs of fatigue.