The Brazilian sees how Güler, Brahim, Gonzalo and Mastantuono lead him when the market enters his last piece and the voorags, without deciding to go for him.
Xabi Alonso's new Real Madrid is not that new. In the first competitive game of the season, last season's defects were clear: lack of depth, a lack of imagination in attack and too many non -oriented crosses. He improved some things, such as defensive firmness and off-the-ball work. But all this was done with the same 4-3-3 Ancelotti lived and died with, albeit with one difference: Rodrygo is no longer in the mix.
When Xabi took over, the remark was recurring: Madrid will probably switch to playing with two attackers, and the Brazilian will be the one who suffers. It didn't start that way at the World Cup, but then that theory was determined and Rodrygo was indeed omitted from the starting line -up. The preseason is short and has enabled us to see little, but the match against Osasuna is already the highlight of the competitive season, and that does not lie: even playing with three attackers does not mean that Rodrygo is in the plans of the Toulouse resident.
So much so that Rodrygo was surpassed four times against Madrid. Two of them stood in the starting line -up: Güler, with his move to midfield, settled in the starting line -up and appears to stay there, at least returns to Bellingham, when it will be up to Xabi to decide whether the Turkish player is important enough to change the formation; And Brahim, the current starting right wing player, was in Innsbruck against Tyrol, a rehearsal of a dress for the La Liga opener, and also against Osasuna.
Two important strokes, but ultimately understandable. Rodrygo knows that he will not be easy with Xabi, although his intention, as has already reported, is to stay in Madrid and to fight for playing time. Although perhaps what happened in the second half could change: Xabi Alonso made two changes to the attack to attract Brahim and Vinicius, and in none of the cases the former Santos player was chosen to stand up.
One of those chosen was Gonzalo, who earned a place in the team and in Xabi's thoughts during the World Cup thanks to his four goals. He stood up for Vinicius to go in front and to send Mbappé to the left, which also means that Xabi Rodrygo does not see the first replacement of his countryman, something that Ancelotti tends to consider and something that Rodry made use of by playing in his preferred position, which he has done in the past.
And the other attacking change was the last blow: Franco Mastantuono. Because the Bernabéu Dorst had to go to the Argentinian, and Rodrygo knows this too, but there is a hidden message in the fact that an 18-year-old newcomer who has completed four training sessions (four, in fact) takes minutes away from a player who has completed a completely pre-season, is rooted in a club in a club. The face of the Brazilian on the touchline when he warmed up, knowing that he would not come, was a photo of wonder; He also sat on the couch during extra time, chewed on a plastic cork, in the absence of something better to put in his mouth.
“Nothing happens with Rodrygo …”
And all this, with the transfer market that goes into the last part. Rodrygo, we repeat, it says he wants to stay, and if that attitude persists, it makes no sense. The only thing that was left for him is rolling up his sleeves and trying to convince Xabi Alonso that he earns more. The resident of Tolosa was now vague in his press conference: “Nothing happens with Rodrygo.