At the time when the White House in Washington DC was switching back to the Republicans, on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, that of Madrid was sinking into chaos. However, Real had proceeded as it usually does during its C1 matches at the Bernabéu: leaving the advantage in the score to its opponent, and waiting before launching the final bouquet. But this time, the machine reassembled crashed, and Tijjani Reijnders' Milan was never contested (1-3). Proof that we cannot always count on our reaction force, and the epilogue of ten nightmarish days for the biggest club in the world, after the defeat taken at home against the enemy Barcelona on October 26 (0-4 ) and the grotesque episode of the Golden Ball “stolen” from Vinícius with a round trip to Paris canceled on the 28th. In the ranking, it's tough: 2e of the championship nine points behind the leader blaugrana (with one less meeting after the postponement of the one in Valencia, of course), and 17e of the C1 table behind ogres such as Stade Brestois, Celtic Glasgow, Dinamo Zagreb or even LOSC, against whom the Meringues lost a month ago at Pierre-Mauroy (1-0).
Carlo Ancelotti no longer as well off
Yesterday on Avenida de Concha Espina, it smelled like the end of the cycle. And this is perhaps a question that was running through Carlo Ancelotti's head: should he have turned heel this summer, with La Liga folded to 95 points, yet another cup with big ears raised at the end of a flamboyant course, and a 65e birthday celebrated at the top? Because since then, the elements have been working against him: we had to say goodbye to Toni Kroos and Nacho, watch Dani Carvajal join David Alaba and Thibaut Courtois in the infirmary, come to terms with the idea that Éder Militão would never return to the level that he displayed before the crusaders, seeing the old man Luka Modrić blow out the 39 candles and find a place for the very cumbersome – and expensive – Kylian Mbappé, whose first three months have proven to be very tense and have shown a negative impact on the performance of Jude Bellingham. However, no revolution really took place, everything remained calm in terms of arrivals, and that is perhaps the problem when we look at the composition laid down by Carletto against the Rossoneri and recent performances, for example, by Lucas Vázquez, Ferland Mendy or Aurélien Tchouaméni. There are also questions, in Madrid, concerning the short playing time of Endrick and especially of the revelation Arda Güler, stuck on the bench despite his very good disposition.
I don't think it's unfair to be questioned
The man with the tense eyebrows did not need Federico Valverde's partner to sound the alarm, after Tuesday's defeat: “The reality is that on the ground we are missing somethinghe admitted. We are incapable of giving the best version of ourselves, so we have to fix that. There is worry, that's normal, it's going to be a very long night. […] We are suffering a lot at the moment, and when we suffer we no longer unite. We are not good, we are not capable of producing effective collective work. We have to improve tactically, it's not an individual problem, but a question of sacrifice, concentration and collective work. » According to the Spanish press, this rebirth could involve the dismissal of the legendary technician, who also declared on this subject during the same press conference: “I don’t think it’s unfair to be questioned, I think it’s normal. When the team does not perform well, the coach is responsible. » But Florentino Pérez should perhaps also get used to the idea that we cannot win the “Champions” every year. Unless you have Zinédine Zidane on your bench.
Carlo Ancelotti “suffers” after heavy defeat against Milan
