Ancelotti said that Real Madrid's squad for the new season "has been formed" What are the shortcomings?

Yingxian said

2024-08-03 14:37Published in Zhejiang Former Sports Weekly International Department reporter and senior sports creator

Let's put the Olympics aside and talk about Real Madrid.

Real Madrid have changed one of the most dramatically changed teams in Europe this summer (if not the most drastic). My first impression was that Ancelotti's reaction to this kind of thing must have been "a smile on his face and an MMP in his heart".

I sweated for him.

This matter has nothing to do with Real Madrid's own transfer, nor does it have much to do with Florentino's policy. The arrival of Endrick and Mbappe was predetermined for a long time, and Kroos' departure was beyond human means.

Therefore, Ancelotti has easily built a clear structure that is enough to compete for the domestic European championship on two fronts, and it will usher in inevitable major adjustments, and its core problems include-

1. Mbappe/Endrick must fit in the attack. This involves the repositioning of Rodrygo and Vinicius, as well as the positioning of Dias, Guileer and others. This is the most glaring problem.

2. Belling retreats to midfield. This is the most worrying and interesting question. How to play like Kaka? At Milan, Kaka can play behind the two strikers and completely shoulder the attacking burden in the role of a free man up front. The same task is expected to be switched repeatedly next season, can Behring be up to the task?

3. Valverde will also face a major correction due to Behring's pullback. This is the least noticed point of all, but it is actually the most important point.

The weight of Real Madrid's midfield, regardless of the rank, according to their individual ability and contribution to the team, Belin and Barr are above other players - especially in Kroos's absence next season, this pattern will be more obvious.

The simple truth is that if they are regular starters in both three and four midfielders (Belin must play in a midfield role, not a free man up front), then Guler, Camaving, and Tchouameni Modric will have to compete for the only remaining position – the balance of this midfield combination is hardly optimistic.

4. Nacho's departure. Personally, I think that's going to be the biggest concern. I can only hope that after being seriously injured, Alaba and Militão will never produce another moth.

The above is "the problem caused by the change of lineup". Let's briefly talk about the possible "shortcomings", I think it can be summarized as one before and one after two -

One ago - to put it bluntly, it is whether Winnie Belin and Mbappe can form an effective system and play the effect of 1+1+1>3. This shortcoming is actually greater than the psychology of competition.

Similar problems can't be solved in England, I don't see it well in France, and now it's Real Madrid's turn. It's also more difficult to estimate - the coach is also a human being, and I personally advise everyone not to mythologize Ancelotti, I think he must be better than Southgate, Yunyun.

But the club is definitely better than the national team. If it doesn't work in a week, it's two weeks, and if it doesn't work in a month, it's two months. Therefore, Real Madrid's "slow start" in the season should be a high probability event.

It's probably going to be a tough time for Belin and Mbappe. Pooh is a little better, after all, he has been playing for a longer time and has strong hard power, so he should not be easily abandoned.

One back - it is the problem of updating the "square" of the midfield in Ancelotti's "442" formation.

Last season, the square was centred on Rudiger Kroos and was accompanied by the likes of Tchouameni, Camavinga, Alaba, etc. What I want to say is that the world thinks that Ancelotti is the most "impermanent" person in the world, but they often ignore the indispensability of this square.

How to restructure this square is what Ancelotti must do, and it is also a tactical foundation that will certainly not be shaken. No matter how flexible and uninhibited the changes and employment in other aspects are, they must be talked about on this basis, otherwise it is meaningless.

Honestly, I don't know how he's going to solve it. In the only warm-up game so far, Carlo Ancelotti sent a three-man midfield combination of Modric-Ceballos Mario Martin, which can be said to be very lazy to bypass this problem - the result was a narrow victory by Milan by one goal.

Personally, I think the easiest way would be for Ernesto Valverde or Belling to take Kroos' place, forming one of the two with Tchouameni and Camavinga. In terms of personal characteristics and abilities, it is really difficult to determine that they are really suitable candidates.

Of the rest, Güller will also be an option in terms of technical characteristics - against Milan, you can see his obvious role in threading the needle. But it will be a tough test of his defensive ability.

Another idea is to forget about Kroos and rebuild the central midfield system – either ditching some possession or sacrificing some of the long balls and the ability to move the ball – so it's not difficult to build a weakened version of the square, but the team's tactical design has to be reinvented, which feels clumsy.

Anyway, if the midfield and backfield are not clear, it will have a bad impact on the balance of the frontcourt, forming a state of "pressing the gourd to float the scoop" - and eventually it is easy to make the team enter an embarrassing negative cycle. It's dangerous.

Obviously, Real Madrid's theoretical combat power, Real Madrid's spirit and goals, Real Madrid's culture and market development, have brought things to a state of "one step to heaven and one abyss". If it is settled, the third phase of the Galaxy will set sail steadily, and Ancelotti and many stars will have a good home - and even the attractiveness and social influence of football itself will change a little because of this.

But it's really too hard. I can't think of a good solution anyway, and I guess Ancelotti will have to watch it as he walks. But by September at the latest, things will come to light.

I can only say that I wish the old man and these warriors good luck again, and I sincerely wish you.

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