“Attitude, attitude, attitude”that word has sounded loudly in the Real Madrid locker room since the season began. Justifications have always been sought for the poor play of the white team, that if the absence of preseason, that Mbappé’s adaptation, the losses… The truth is that the coach’s message has been oriented in that sense since the first league games, but it is evident that it has not reached the players.
Carlo Ancelotti He knows what football is about and despite continuing to receive the support of the club He is aware that at Real Madrid only winning matters and that is not happening. The goals conceded (Celta, Barcelona and Milan) portray the team and make it clear that if the players are the same or almost the same, their attitude is far from resembling that of the recent past. There is concern, but not only among technicians and leaders. At least some footballers are too. Lunin and Lucas Vázquez made it clear.
The management of Real Madrid’s bad moment
Last week there was a first meeting between the coach and the president. Calmness and support were transmitted. Now the team has suffered a new setback and what the club wanted to know right away is if there is a possibility of a reaction and if the coach feels capable of turning everything around. The response has been positive because Ancelotti maintains that footballers continue to believe in what they do, although his response leaves many doubts.
At the moment, the club’s leaders do not have the feeling prior to the goodbye of Benítez or Lopetegui. Dialogue and communion continue to exist, but the reaction must come. In recent years, difficult moments have been overcome and on this occasion even in Valdebebas it is recognized that perhaps the summer (creation of the squad) was not as successful as they thought.
The three goals scored by Milan have hurt in the locker room and in the club because they came from repeated situations in previous games. Simple unmarking of rivals (Milan’s second goal portrays Tchouameni and Vinicius), lack of intensity at set pieces (French again) and physical inferiority of several footballers (Militao and Lucas Vázquez) in the goal that closed the account against Milan.
Looking for a reaction
It is evident that Ancelotti is trying everything he believes in waiting for the reaction, but he is finding a wall in response. Either they can’t or they don’t want to. Many times the attitude is accompanied by legs, fresh air and this season’s data does not support that theory. Against Milan, like Real Madrid, they returned to well below the numbers achieved by the Italian team’s players. It wasn’t 11 on the day in Lille but it was 5 kilometers less. Pintus looks at the data and doesn’t believe it.
If the absence of Kroos left the team’s game very affected, that of Carvajal has been a blow to the chin. The coach has always spoken, before the injury, of the importance of the side, for their play and for that winning and fighting character that they inject into others. Against Milan, Lucas Vázquez suffered and the help they received was not enough to stop what was coming from their wing, which led to the departure of the center backs and the breakdown of the defense.
There are events around the teams that denote the state of mind. Last season they were relatives of some Barcelona players who criticized Xavi Hernández. Now those gestures appear at the Bernabéu. Bad for Real Madrid.
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