“The team is in a good dynamic, it is serious, today and on Sunday we played football well,” he said. Carlo Ancelotti after the victory against the Sheriff that sealed the pass to the knockout stages of the Champions League. The Italian coach does not hide his satisfaction at the great moment his team is going through, a solo leader in the League and pending to finish the group stage with first place against Inter.
The white coach has been in favor of sacrificing rotations to give continuity to the good dynamics of the Madrid, led by immeasurable Kroos y Modric that shone again in Tiraspol. Both played 90 minutes despite the fact that the game was on track from the start of the second half and that there is a hellish calendar just around the corner, with the Sevilla as the first stop before facing the matches against him Athletic, Real Sociedad, Inter Milan and Atlético de Madrid.
The only bad news for Madrid on its exotic trip to Transnistria It was the injury of Alaba, who suffers a small knee sprain that makes him doubtful for the crash against the team of Lopetegui. The Austrian center-back is one of the most squeezed players and has only lost one game.
The other pillars of the white team who completed the 90 minutes in Tiraspol They were Benzema and Vinicius, which also carry a considerable load of minutes. The only starting players to get a significant break from the Sheriff were Mendy and Carvajal. Both come out of injury and Ancelotti, to avoid relapses, took away half an hour to give entry to Lucas Vázquez and Marcelo.