Historically, Marcelino often manages to put Real Madrid in difficulty. This Saturday, Carlo Ancelotti’s team will therefore have to be extra vigilant to avoid disillusionment.
In his career, Marcelino Garcia Toral has coached many clubs, including Valencia, Athletic Club, Marseille and Villarreal. And, he always did well against Real Madrid. You should know that he was the one who beat the Madridistas with Recreatio Huelva (in December 2006)!
A few hours before this shock at the Santiago Bernabéu – since the Yellow Submarine is just behind in the ranking –, Relief rightly indicates that Real should be wary of the 59-year-old Spanish coach. Indeed, his team is off to a good start to the season and should offer good opposition.
Marcelino likes Real Madrid…
In fact, the one who returned to Villarreal last year is the technician who beat Real Madrid with the most different clubs in the 21st century! With Huelva therefore, but also with Valencia, Athletic and Villarreal. Namely that Luis Aragones and Helenio Herrera did it with six teams.
But this statistic means that Marcelino knows how to approach matches against Real quite well and in the current context, Vinícius Júnior and his teammates will have to have a very good match if they want to take the three points. Especially since at the moment, it is not the one passed by OM who is frightening, but the French striker Thierno Barry.
Carlo Ancelotti will pay particular attention to these threats, whereas earlier in the week, he was unable to meet the challenge imposed by Bruno Génésio in the Champions League. The rebound is clearly expected while Villarreal is a team that is never easy to handle.
Eliott Lafleur
