THE Championsunder a new designation of origin, was considered the ideal scenario for the the real Madrid came out of his labyrinth. He Bernabeu He put on his blue gala suit to the strains of the eternal anthem. I was coming back Bellingham And Ancelotti He returned to his trident. But the competition, which has so often served as a refuge from storms, has not become the tactical umbrella of the white team either.
The Italian coach draws three good lessons from the Bernabéu, noted in his logbook. The game is not convincing, the defense is not solid, but individuals support their team when the team is not enough. The white team was playing a match against a Stuttgart brave and orderly, and emerged Courteous behave like an adhesive.
The Belgian made four key saves in a wild first half, in which the Germans managed to break through their goal on several occasions. However, they all ran into the white goal. I shoot at them Leweling, Millot And calmer They crashed either on Courtois or on the crossbar. All this happened with a Madrid broken in the center of the field, weak in pressure and with disconnections between all its lines.
Mbappé celebrates his goal against Stuttgart, his first in the Champions League with Real Madrid.
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“It is impossible to have 90 minutes of domination. Stuttgart manage the ball very well and they attract you to free up spaces. We suffered because we lost many duels. The important thing was to win, we won so everything is fine. “When there is a lot of pressure, it is inevitable to score behind his back. We must do it more frequently because it is a very important weapon,” explained the Italian coach.
Muscle problems were also not good travelling companions for Ancelotti’s men, who had to mount a circumstantial defence. With Lucas Vazquez manufacturing Carvajal on the right side and Carvajal acting as Militao in the axis of the back. The trial lasted one game. After the break, each shoe returned to its shoe rack.
The Brazilian replaced Vazquez and moved the Spaniard to the right. The house was built again on its foundations, even if these faltered with each German attack. Madrid left gaps in defense. With spaces between their lines and a team with too much offensive vocation. In addition to the trident, Bellingham and Valverde They last longer in the opposing field than in their own.
And Tchouameni found himself somewhat helpless as the only retaining wall. During the summer, there were suspicions that this might happen. He left KroosMbappé arrived, and the team that worked like a Swiss clock is now no longer found. Neither himself, nor between the players on the pitch. There is no alternative to the German.
Erratic in defense and predictable in attack
“You have to choose whether to build football or play vertically. The responsibility is on the coach. If you choose to build, you don’t score the first goal, with that ball from Carvajal and the other behind Tchouaméni. Sometimes you have to build and other times play directly because we have very fast attackers,” Ancelotti analyses.
Against Stuttgart, Madrid once again repeated the harmful vices that it has shown throughout the season. Predictable and irregular when launching the ball and slow both in the offensive transition and near the area. The first, a consequence of the absence of Kroos. The second is undone by the first.
The attack works in fits and starts. Delivered to the gallops of Rodrygo, Vinicius or Mbappé. With few links between them. Each imbued with a kind of individual war. However, Courtois’ saves, Rodrygo’s gallop and the definitions of Mbappé and Mbappé Endrick they seal a new triumph.
While the muses arrive at the group, the individuals embrace the results. A new Champions League begins with the same Madrid from the beginning of the year, although you know, what ends well is well.
