He Real Madrid faces the health in it Santiago Bernabéu in a match vital importance given the delicate situation that the white team goes through. Carlo Ancelotti seems totally convinced of having located the defensive problem of Real Madrid and has conveyed it to his players who he assures that they are fully aware of it. The Italian coach He hopes to see a change and that his players show on the field of play what they have been talking about and correcting this week because, as he said at a press conference, “words are carried away by the wind”. The first novelty comes with the eleven in which he has made three changes compared to the last game against Milan: Fran Garcia for Mendy, Camavinga for Tchouaméni and Rodrygo for Modric.
First part: No complications in the first half hour of the game.
Break score: 7
First part: The right back, Real Madrid's third captain, has consolidated his role as a starter. He didn't have many defensive problems in the first half. He was strong stopping Bryan Zaragoza when he tried to face and go at speed. He asked for the field in the 40th minute of the game, due to muscle discomfort in his leg. They bandaged his leg and he will re-enter the field, possibly not coming out after the break.
Note at the break: 7
First part: After almost making a mess for letting a ball bounce, he tried a bicycle kick in a corner. The Brazilian had to leave the field of play, crying, on a stretcher and covering his face. An apparent serious injury to the right knee after falling to the ground and landing poorly. Asencio, a Madrid youth player, came out in his place to debut with the first team.
Break note: 6
First part: He is a key pillar in the defense that Madrid needs at the highest level to offer defensive guarantees.
Note at the break: 7
First part: The left back was active both defensively and offensively, without too many complications in his field. He offers much more depth to the band than Mendy.
Note at the break: 7
First part: Fully recovered from his back problems, the Uruguayan participated as usual, creating play in the center of the field and recovering balls. He was playing on the right at the end of the first half.
Grade at half-time: 6.5
First part: The Frenchman had an important role in the first minutes helping in defense and ball recovery. He dared offensively and shot at the goal with a volley after a pass from Mbappé but it went over the crossbar.
Note at the break: 7
First part: The Englishman made a perfect cut but did not have good options to put it. He has a lot of quality, he made a 10 pass to open the ball to Rodrygo. A little bit of Madrid's game disappeared as the match progressed towards the half hour mark. He soon returned with a cross that ended up in the hands of Sergio Herrera because there was no one to receive it. And 'HEY JUDE' sounded at the Santiago Bernabéu and Bellingham opened its arms again, longed for the goal and finally made its debut this season.
Note at the break: 9
First part: A physio came over 10 minutes into the game to treat the player's thigh. He returned to the field of play without apparent problems. The Brazilian hit it from afar but the goalkeeper cleared it into the corner. He tried to continue after the discomfort in his quadriceps but in the 20th minute he had to drop to the ground and could not continue. He is injured again and Brahim comes out in his place.
Note at rest: 6.5
First part: The Brazilian had a first chance with a shot that went high. Shortly after, a pass between the lines to Rodrygo in the area was very good, but it didn't have any further coverage, but the idea was very good. He scored a goal after a ball from Bellingham into space for the Brazilian who cut back and deceived Sergio Herrera with a shot to the short post.
Note at rest: 8
First part: Although the Frenchman did not have much participation in the first minutes of the game, he soon arrived in the area. He began to participate in the game, going down a lot. He had options but the Frenchman's goal did not come in the first half.
Grade at the break: 7
First part: He had to enter the field of play in the 20th minute after Rodrygo's injury. Brahim shot, tried but the Osasuna defense blocked the shot. Quite active since he took the field.
Grade at the break: 7
RAÚL ASENCIO
First part: The youth player had to take the field in the 30th minute of the game after Militao's serious injury to his right knee. GREAT long pass that he gave to Bellingham so that the Englishman put it between the sticks.
Grade at the break: 8
The Italian is convinced that he has located Madrid's defensive problem and has transferred it to his players in whom he hopes to see a change today.
Grade at the break: 6