Real Madrid will be confronted with a crucial series of games in the coming weeks, but are in defense because of the bare bones. After Antonio Rudiger had sustained an injury on Saturday evening and forced him to get off, David Alaba was the next that Tuesday morning, because he sustained a hamstring injury in the training, which contributed to the absence of Eder Militao and Dani Carvajal.
Los Blancos will be confronted with Leganes in the quarterfinals of Copa del Rey on Wednesday, followed by collisions against Atletico Madrid (H), Manchester City (A), Osasuna (A) and the return to the Champions League the next week. Carlo Ancelotti confirmed that Jude Bellingham and Kylian Mbappe were also out as it looks now.
Ancelotti was asked why Real Madrid did not act on the transfer market, despite their injury problems.
“What happened is that unfortunately we have lost two players in the last two days. Of course we were not going for those two injuries. It is an emergency situation that we deal with as well as possible, we have not planned for the injury to Rudiger. We have players who can cover, Jacobo has come back from a long time and can contribute. “
The Italian also wanted to give his support to the young defender Jacobo Ramon, who was in the pecking order at the start of the season.
“What we have to do is manage an emergency. We have lost two players and we have an emergency. The young players have the chance to show their quality. We showed trust in Asencio against Osasuna, and we will show trust in Jacobo. “
Fede Valverde has often filled in where necessary in recent months and years, but Ancelotti had no plans to use it in the middle of the defense.
“Valverde does not play in the middle. He may play some of these games on right back, but not in the middle. We have Jacobo, we have Asencio, and we have Tchouameni that we can play in the middle of the back. “
His use of Aurelien Tchouameni in the defense has come for serious criticism in recent months, with many that Asencio earned a place for the Frenchman. Ancelotti was asked what he felt, Tchouameni gave the lead to play at the back about other options.
“It is very good at a defensive level. He positions himself well, he has a good tactical knowledge, it helps that he is a defensive pivot. It may be that he plays well there, or a little less well, but he has always done his job. I don't remember a big mistake that cost us. Taking into account he played there last season, I don't remember anything. “
Anyway, it seems that Ancelotti will be forced to use Tchouameni in the coming weeks, unless he decides to promote Jacobo for other options, which would be an important surprise, since he has to play football for more than 12 minutes for the club for more than 12 minutes . It has also been suggested that Ferland Mendy could be used in central defense in emergency situations.
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