Vallecas and Rayo await Real Madrid this Saturday in the fourth straight away game for Ancelotti's team. An opportunity for the current champion to sleep as leader for the first time this season, waiting for what Barcelona does on Sunday against Leganés. Injuries continue to greatly affect the Real Madrid coach's eleven. Mbappé, with an injury to his left thighis the last to join a list of round-trip casualties from which Camavinga leaveswho has missed the last four games. Even so, Ancelotti maintains five casualties. In addition to the French star, He will also not be able to count on Mendy or the three long-term injuries: Alaba, Militao and Carvajal.
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Without Mbappé, Vinicius will not be there either. The Brazilian returned to play the full match against Atalanta and Carletto opted to rest the number 7. With his eyes on the Intercontinental. so that the spearhead will be for Rodrygo and Brahim. A very mobile double forward that can allow Rayo to start from the left zone, their favorite. While Tchouameni repeats as center back, Asencio starts the night again from the bench. And in the engine room, a new opportunity for Güler. Modric will take the baton in place of Ceballos who completed a bell-ringing match in Bergamo, with the Turk providing his fantasy, Valverde the muscle and Bellingham his omnipresence as anchor.
Ancelotti's eleven in Rayo Vallecano-Real Madrid
Thus, the eleven that Carlo Ancelotti starts against Rayo Vallecano is made up of: Courteous; Lucas Vázquez, Tchouameni, Rüdiger, Fran Garcia; Modric, Valverde, Guler; Bellingham; Brahim and Rodrygo. Especially special ownership, pardon the redundancy, for Fran García. The left back has gone from being part of the Vallecano Matagigantes to being one of them.
The Italian coach has called up five youth players to complete a list of 22 players. In addition to Asencio, already established in the first team, Sergio Mestre, Yusi, Lorenzo and Castilla winger Víctor Muñoz go. They will be accompanied on the bench by Lunin, Vallejo, Camavinga, Ceballos, Modric, Güler and Endrick.
Madrid has two more games left to close 2024. On Wednesday (6:00 p.m.) the whites play the Intercontinental final in Qatar against the winner of the tie between Pachuca and Al Ahly. And on Sunday (16:15) They will say goodbye to the year against Sevilla at the Bernabéu. Vinicius is the only one warned that he runs the risk of missing that match if he sees his fifth yellow card of the season in Vallecas..
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