The improbable defense that Real Madrid will align against Celta Vigo

Real Madrid still believes it. Beaten by FC Barcelona in the King’s Cup final (2-3), eliminated from the Champions League from the quarter-finals by Arsenal (0-3, 1-2), the club dear to Florentino Pérez lives a very complicated 2024/2025 season, but he still believes in a miracle: that of being able to dislodge Barça from the first place in the Liga classification. Secondly to four lengths from the Catalans to five days from the term, the Merengues are more than ever in the mathematically speaking blow, especially as a clasico scheduled for May 11 could change the situation in the event of a scenario favorable to Madrid this weekend.

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A decimated defense

This is on paper. But on the field, Carlo Ancelotti, whose uncertain future pollutes the news of Real Madrid, is far from being able to scream against Celta de Vigo, a team that will go to the Bernabéu on Sunday and who knew how to stand up to Barça (2-2) as well as in Atlético (1-1) this season. And if questions surround the Madrilenians, it is especially because of a real massacre of which Madrid is victim. In attack, Kylian Mbappé is announced Apt and Ancelotti will be able to count on his usual assets, namely Vinicius Junior, Rodrygo and Jude Bellingham. On the other hand, the defensive sector cannot say as much.

While Dani Carvajal has resumed collective training and Eder Militão aims for the club World Cup in the United States, Ancelotti must deplore the absences of Antonio Rüdiger, Eduardo Camavonga, Ferland Mendy and David Alaba. The first city was operated on from the meniscus, but had received 6 games with a suspension. As for the other three, they are all forces until the end of the season due to muscle injuries, the ischio and the meniscus. As you can see, the goal of the Madrid press game is to know which defense will align Carlo Ancelotti. “Puzzle”title precisely Mark In one of its edition of the day.

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Two young people from Castilla at La Récousse?

Let’s start with a small inventory. Currently, the only defenders (by trade) available are the French left side French and the central defenders Raul Asencio and the placarded Jesus Vallejo. Garcia, Vallejo, two players for whom Ancelotti has very little confidence. Next comes the former right -back reconverted winger, Lucas Vazquez. And that’s it. Madrid can align a defensive quartet, but he no longer has a spare solution in his current workforce until the end of the season. What solutions remains in Italian? A repositioning of Aurélien Tchouameni in central defense is one in case Ancelotti really does not want to launch a vallejo for example.

Only concern, the Frenchman hates to help out this position and above all he must avoid taking a yellow card that would deprive him of the clasico against Barça, recalls Mark. It remains to raise young talents of the reserve team among the A. Several names are cited, but two come back insistence: the right side Youssef Enriquez Lekhedim (19, known as Yusi), whose portrait we had drawn up, and the central defender Jacobo Ramon (20). But then again, there is a problem. Real Madrid Castilla plays the same day as the first and Raul team would be deprived of its two pillars. However, it is a safe bet that Casa Blanca gives priority to the challenges of the Ancelotti formation, which wants to do everything to save its honor and avoid a last failure.