The Labyrinth of Ancelotti

EI Real Madrid post Bouquets and postVarane it begins to be permeable at levels more than worrying. Far from betting on establishing a fixed defense and giving it a go, Ancelotti is fighting Carvajal's injuries and Mendy's prolonged absence with a carousel of changes. At the RCDE Stadium he recovered the formation of four behind (Lucas-Militao-Nacho-Alaba) that curiously he had banished from 3-3 against Levante on the second day of the League, where he raised his voice for the first time due to defensive failures. Between one game and another he did not stop trying variants and the result is that only Militao repeated on his site the match against the Sheriff, Nacho is rotating through the four positions of the defense and Alaba has unexpectedly returned to be the three (Although Ancelotti says that he prefers him central). A tactical skein difficult to untangle …

The transalpine coach tries to explain the theoretical concepts of his network in the rear (“Without the ball we play with two lines of four players,” he explained just before visiting Espanyol) and even philosophical (“We would like to defend in the center of the field , but at the moment it is not possible, “he said three weeks ago) but then their lineups do not stop offering surprises.

The white squad is suffering from a cramped board and some footballers seem to be looking for Almax to digest it. Like the sore Camavinga, of whom Carletto himself says he still needs to improve “his positioning”, He has been seen in the same week as an unexpected left back in the last half hour against the Sheriff and as a false left-handed winger in the first 45 minutes in Cornellà-El Prat. The Frenchman formed a tandem with Alaba and Vinicius to attack Espanyol from the left flank and against the Transnistria Ancelotti experimented with another unusual committee on the right flank, with Hazard, Valverde and Lucas Vázquez. The Galician, by the way, he does not stop going in and out of the eleven: from the side (for which he was renewed until 2024) and sometimes from the extreme, as in San Siro or the last 18 minutes with the Mallorca game decided. For the role of twoWithout Carvajal, it has even passed a castillista, the young Sergio Santos.

And while, Benzema a la Juan Palomo

All one salad with excess dressing from the bench that does not close the drain behind and at the same time leaves those above hungry. Vini and Benzema practically have to operate alone. Especially the French, who 'went' from the bands and made it 2-1 to Espanyol with a slalom in the style of Juan Palomo. The only one who is clear about his role in this Real Madrid 2021-22.