Since the arrival of Kylian Mbappe in Real Madrid, as a big fanfare, one of the most important points of talks is how Carlo Ancelotti would reach a balance in one side with Kylian Mbappe, Rodrygo Goes, Jude Bellingham and Vinicius Junior. With three months to go in their season, it remains one of the most important questions that Los Blancos is confronted with.
Ancelotti spoke about the issue in the course of the season and asks for defensive work of his talented front four on different occasions. Although Bellingham is more or less exempt from that discussion, only in short bursts the messages from Ancelotti seem to have come home to his stars.
It seemed briefly as if he could have caught it against Manchester City, while Los Blancos poured the outfit of Pep Guardiola aside and Ancelotti confirmed that he had made a phone call with his stars to discuss their defense. In the meantime, Rodrygo has also publicly confirmed that Ancelotti has threatened to bank if they no longer do work.
Now Radiomarca revealed part of the content of that talk with that Ancelotti to Mbappe, Vinicius and Rodrygo in February. The Italian manager spoke with his stars-littered Trident in the aftermath (albeit two weeks later) their Spanish Supercup who hit Barcelona and with 5-2 to their rivals. During that conversation, he compared some of the statistics between their loss and the victory of Arsenal on Manchester City, where the first one managed to win 5-1.
Ancelotti read the distance that under Leandro Trossard (10.85 km), Kai Havertz (10.85 km), Gabriele Martinelli and Bukayo Saka, who were between 11 km and 13 km. He then came to their distance over the statistics against Barcelona: Vinicius (8.7 km), Mbappe (5 km), 'Less than Courtois', Ancelotti would have made a joke.
It clearly worked against Manchester City, but that message seems to have sunk in mind again, with Los Blancos succumbed to Arsenal at the Emirates. In addition to their defeat against Arsenal, Real Madrid has lately been a slope goals, with only two clean sheets in their last 17 games.