After securing the Copa del Rey -Final against Real Sociedad, host of the Real Madrid -Gastheer Valencia in an attempt to put pressure on Barcelona in the La Liga title race. Los Blancos sweat on the fitness on the goalkeeper position, with their journey to Arsenal only a few days away.
Thibaut Courtois has suffered an injury since the international break and attracts a muscle for a competition with Ukraine for Belgium, with his recovery much slower than expected. In the meantime, Andriy Lunin deputed against Leganes and Real Sociedad, but also had a veal issue on Wednesday. He is a doubt for their collision against Valencia, which means that the 19-year-old goalkeeper Fran Gonzalez could make his professional debut.
“Courtois is much better, we think he could be back on Tuesday, we don't know about tomorrow,” Ancelotti explained on Friday.
“Lunin has a small muscle problem. He will test it today. If not, we will have faith in French. Great keeper. His only problem is that he is young. But sooner or later you have a chance. We are all convinced that he has a great future and will be a great keeper.”
In the meantime, Jude Bellingham has been tipped to rest before the Arsenal match, after playing against Real Sociedad for 120 minutes.
“It's an option, Bellingham also has one [body] Structure with which he can recover quickly. At the moment I don't want to give much more details about how the players recover, how they are. But resting him is an option. “
Four Real Madrid players are currently being investigated by UEFA because of their behavior against Atletico Madrid. Dani Ceballos, Kylian Mbappe and Vinicius Junior are predicted that they will receive fines, but Los Blancos is said to be afraid that Antonio Rudiger can be suspended against Arsenal.
“We have to wait, there is nothing wrong with it. I have no doubt that he will be able to play on Tuesday,” Ancelotti said calmly.
One of his potential replacements would be David Alaba, but he was under the microscope on Tuesday for the wrong reasons, after having scored two own goals and to effectively mark Mikel Oyarzabal for the fourth goal of La Real. Ancelotti was asked about the defensive bravery of the team.
“It is true that we have improved in that respect, I don't think we made too many unclear mistakes. Alaba, it was a shame that he scored two own goals for how the ball returned. But more generally he played a good game.”
“We had a very low expected goals and look at the defensive attitude of the team, we did not deserve to give four goals. On the other hand, looking at the attacking attitude of the team, we deserved to score four. It is impressive because the players have changed the properties during the season, we are now much more effective in the front of the goal, because of the arrival,, because of the arrival, because of the arrival, Mbappe, mbappe, mbappe, mbappe, mbappe, mbappe, mbappe, mbappe, mbappe, mbappe, mbappe, mbappe, mbappe, mbappe, mbappe, mbappe, mbappe, mbappe. “
Ancelotti explained that he and his coaching staff made a conscious choice when it came to the balance on their part.
“On the other hand, we suffer a little more at the back. It is normal, if you have to choose between some thing, it is normal to think about it. If you have to choose between yourself defensively and to lose a little more accuracy, or what we think is to have that effectiveness, and to do a little more collective work between the team.”
Real Madrid looked shaky most of the season, and in their last seven games did not succeed in holding a clean slate. It is also true that Los Blancos scored during their last 14 games and scored seven times in their last three games.
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