Third and final pre-season test for Real Madrid. After the defeats against Milan and Barça, The reigning European champions face Chelsea in Charlotte (North Carolina) in their last friendly before facing the first title of the seasonthe European Super Cup that will be played on Wednesday 14 in Warsaw against Atalanta. “These are pre-season matches, we have to improve the individual condition of the players. This is the line, then we all come back together to prepare for the first match,” said Ancelotti after the first training session that Madrid held in Charlotte.
The Italian coach gave some clues about the starting eleven he will field in the final match of the tour, part of the Soccer Champions Tour. “Now we are going to give minutes to Rodrygo as well, in the first half, and to Vinicius”said Ancelotti. The São Paulo native did not play a single minute against Barcelona due to fatigue and the Brazilian played 33 minutes in which he gave Madrid’s game some energy. The two, like their compatriot Militao, who did start in the Clasico, had not been in the match against Milan.
The victims of the introduction of the two Brazilians in attack would, in principle, be Brahim and Güler. The Turk, however, could remain in the starting eleven, moving back to the centre of the pitch, in which case Ceballos would be the ‘sacrificed’ player. Although Ancelotti wants to see Arda as close to the area as possible. “I think the closer to the goal, the better. He is very effective, he scores a lot with little space, he has a special talent. He shows it better closer to the goal. He should not play on the left. With that left foot that he has, if he has the opportunity to shoot, he should do it,” the Madrid coach commented during the tour. Otherwise, many more changes are not expected with the aim of giving his players minutes.
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Possible Real Madrid lineup for the Soccer Champions Tour against Chelsea.AS infographic
Possible Real Madrid starting XI against Chelsea
The possible starting eleven that Ancelotti could field against Chelsea is made up of: Courtois Lucas Vázquez, Militao, Rüdiger, Fran García; Ceballos or Güler, Mario Martín, Modric; Rodrygo, Endrick and Vinicius. Little Charles There are twelve other players on the expedition to the United States: Lunin, Fran González, Vallejo, Lorenzo, Jacobo Ramón, Asencio, Joan Martínez, Obrador, Jeremy de León, Nico Paz, Brahim and Latasa.
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The seven internationals (Carvajal, Mbappé, Mendy, Camavinga, Tchouameni, Bellingham and Valverde) who have not yet started preseason return to work in Valdebebas tomorrow, Wednesday 7th. Friday 9th will be the first training session for the entire squad except for Alaba, who is still recovering from his torn cruciate ligament and has not travelled on the tour. The next objective is the first title of the season: the European Super Cup.
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