The Italian returned to a Champions League match in 2015 as an example of what can happen to a reckless Madrid. “I know football. Everything can change in three days. “This quote from Carlo Ancelotti, made in 2021, applies to any time – including this. Real Madrid drove high after their victory against Manchester City, […]
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Carlo Ancelotti reportedly shook his real Madrid stars in their senses with a powerful half-time warning in their derby trek against Atletico Madrid on Saturday. The Laliga leaders entered the dressing room 1-0 after the punishment of Julian Alvarez, but went off in five minutes after the restart thanks to Kylian Mbappe. Eventually the game
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Real Madrid scraped on to the semi-final of Copa del Rey after the winner of Gonzalo Garcia had a dramatic 3-2 victory over Leganes. The much changed side of Carlo Ancelotti was fed back from 2-0 to Estadio Municipal de Butarque, but kept their courage to eventually prevail. Everything seemed to be planning for Madrid
Carlo Ancelotti needs as many Real Madrid squad options as possible for a busy second half of the 2024/25 season. David Alaba's staggered return from injury has been a major boost in recent weeks with the Austrian back in action. He will provide timely cover in defense, to allow calm and rotation in the Los
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Los Blancos follows the great victory of the Champions League on Salzburg with a trip to Valladolid, hoping to still have their wings. After their dominant performance in the seventh round of the Champions League, where Real Madrid RB Salzburg crushed, the team returns to the domestic action. This time they travel to Castilla to
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Carlo Ancelotti was keen to avoid questions about Real Madrid's Supercopa de España defeat to Barcelona last Sunday, ahead of their clash with Celta Vigo in the Copa del Rey. Ancelotti watched on as Los Blancos were defeated 5-2 by their Clasico rivals, earning Hansi Flick his first trophy since taking over the Blaugrana. It
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Real Madrid face a second reset of the season after a second blow to their bitterest rivals in Barcelona. If Carlo Ancelotti has anything to do with it, the Clasico will have consequences. Ancelotti had started the season believing that Rodrygo Goes, Jude Bellingham, Kylian Mbappe and Vinicius Junior could not play together for the
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A 5-2 defeat for 'Los Blancos' against Barcelona in the Super Cup final put to rest any dreams of seven historic titles this season. It was always an ambitious outside 'ask' as, for the first time ever, major European clubs could aim to win seven major titles in the current football season thanks to the
Real Madrid may not be perfect, as evidenced by Rayo Vallecano breaking through their defense three times last weekend, but they have turned things around. Since their damaging defeats to Barcelona and AC Milan, Los Blancos have improved in terms of work rate, attitude and results. The catalyst for that change was a team talk
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Real Madrid may not be perfect, as evidenced by Rayo Vallecano breaking through their defense three times last weekend, but they have turned things around. Since their damaging defeats to Barcelona and AC Milan, Los Blancos have improved in terms of work rate, attitude and results. The catalyst for that change was a team talk
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Mbappé, Vinicius and Bellingham scored in the same game for the first time this season. Hallelujah. That was the reaction of Real Madrid fans after the match in Bergamo: for the first time all season, their three stars scored in the same match, a thrilling 2-3 win against Atalanta. And on the 23rd attempt no
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While Vinícius Júnior is performing well on the left, Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti still needs to get the best out of Kylian Mbappé as a centre-forward. With their international breakthrough now over, Real Madrid return to LaLiga action with a visit to 14th-placed Leganés – a highly winnable away match for Los Blancos, even
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