Real Madrid suffered their fifth defeat in La Liga on Saturday this season, but the circumstances will pull Carlo Ancelotti closer to the bag in the Santiago Bernabeu. The winner after the 95th minute winner of Valencia was clearly visible to everyone, from the whistles of the crowd to the lugging of Jude Bellingham.
Not only did that defeat came home, it also came across a Valencia side that was not at full power, with both starting full-backs and important winger Luis Rioja suspended. The defeat came after two victories against Leganes and Real Sociedad, but neither was convincing, with six goals admitted about those two victories.
According to Diario, Real Madrid sees that Ancelotti loses control of the team, and there are three criticisms that in particular harm the hierarchy. First, the line-ups: The fact that Raul Asencio was dropped in the middle of the Aurelien Tchouameni for Aurelien Tchouameni, the director's in the director's box, while Lucas Vazquez was the presence on the right, is just as frustrated. The constant use of Eduardo Camavinga as a left-back occasionally, and the lack of minutes for Endrick Felipe is also considered sticks to defeat Ancelotti.
The second point of discussion with the Italian manager is his changes. This season the club wants to get Kylian Mbappe up to 40 goals, something that Ancelotti is aware of, and he is also in a battle for the Pichichi Award with Robert Lewandowski. In addition to the fact that Vinicius Junior missed his penalty on Saturday, few understood why the Brazilian was in the first place.
The third song noted by Joaquin Maroto, editor of Madrid, is the use of the young players. Raul Asencio has been a success story this year, but the treatment of Arda Guler, combined with the lack of possibilities for righteous such as right back Jesus Fortea did not go well. The last, 18 years old, was tipped to get into the first team after an injury to Dani Carvajal, but Los Blancos will go to Arsenal with seven youth players in their team, but only Asencio who feels part of the first team. Maroto says further, and this is the opinion that even trophies at the end of the season may not save Ancelotti.
On the other hand, Marca says that the dressing room was hurt by the defeat against Valencia. On Sunday morning it was morally low and Ancelotti had to remind his side that nothing was completely lost and Real Madrid was looking for all three big titles. The team that was littered with stars did not see the Valencia defeat coming and it touched them very hard.
Until now, the line of the Bernabeu has been that the future of Ancelotti is decreasing from titles, and if he can win La Liga or the Champions League. If he did, Ancelotti would get the chance to see his contract until 2026, although Xabi Alonso is lurking as his potential successor. That said, it is not the first time this season that the future of Ancelotti was in serious doubt this season, and two months later his side stood on top of La Liga and went through the cup matches.
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