Can we see Lucas in another shirt? Perhaps Inter's? Thanks for all the work and enjoy your new adventure!
🎙| Ancelotti: "Hazard? I thought about using him in the 2nd half but I preferred Rodrygo and Vinicius."— Madrid Xtra (@MadridXtra) September 15, 2021 Made of Ice
Skriniar was impressive. Vini was owning Dumfries but Skriniar covered brilliantly and couple of last ditch blocks too.
🎙| Ancelotti: "I thought about putting Hazard in in the second half, but Inter were very closed in the midfield and I wanted to open the game from the outside, that's why I put Rodrygo in."— Madrid Xtra (@MadridXtra) September 15, 2021 Right move given Rodrygo's workrate as well which Carlo considered at 0-0.
We didn't play well at all in the first half, the second was much more balanced. We got the job done despite that. And what a start to his RM career for Camavinga, couldn't have been any better.
Because Carlo ball is exciting and high energy football. Lots of counter pressing, fast build up, incisiveness.
I’d also like to add that Carva was a machine the whole match, and has probably run himself into the ground. He’s gonna need a rest very soon, or he’ll sustain another injury at this rate.
Courtois is motm and it's not even a contest. The defense once again gave away a bundle of clear scoring opportunities of which the average keeper would've eventually conceded at least a few. Courtois alongside Benzema are playing like superheroes. Elite players who have swagger when needed, grit when it is required. I'd daresay after Benzema and Carvajal, Courtois should be third captain.
This is only our 2nd win at San Siro against a Milan club in the history. First win was last year. We hadn't beaten Milan clubs at San Siro before that.
We had to wait a while; but let's not pretend it's always the case. Ødegaard had to leave. Verdict is still out on Reinier and Brahim. Vallejo and Ceballos were flops. Hakimi and Reguillon are successes elsewhere. So that leaves Rodrygo, Vini, Camavinga, Takefusa and Brahim as the ones to watch.
We couldn't get the ball from Inter in the first half. Defense was under immense pressure due to that. Apart from Lautaro header, there was no defensive lapse per say. Just got overrun all over the pitch.
We have started this season better than the last one. Hoping to add a win against Valencia away to the list and then do a total rotation the game after
Well, making money off Reguilon, Odegaard etc is a success when they help funding Camavinga and probably Mbappe as well. Hakimi knew Carva has few more years left while Conte offered him a starting role at Inter. All of them don't have to succeed at RM. Miguel is better than Reguilon. Selling Morata was a big success too.
Inter outfought and outmuscled us all half. It was embarrassing. Add to that Modric was non-existent in defence and every ball to Benz and Lucas which was an automatic turnover. We made some adjustments late in the first half and started to defend alot better but we weren'tattacking in numbers which made our attack suffer. This win was very Zidane-esque. Carlo probably wanted a clean sheet hence starting the most defensively solid Lucas on the right instead of the superior Rodrygo/Hazard
🗣 Eduardo Camavinga: “Assist? It was a move that I learnt at Rennes. I was often told to make the pass and then run into the space in order to create the danger. That’s what I did with Fede, he set me up well and then I set up Rodrygo for the goal.”— 𝗥𝗠𝗢𝗻𝗹𝘆 (@ReaIMadridOnly) September 15, 2021
I really want to see Rodrygo in that role behind the striker; similar to what Hazard played over the weekend. I feel like he'll explode there.
The Central attacking midfielder is one of the most coveted positions in any team in the world. The problem is that very few modern coaches deploy it. Most prefer at least 3-4 players who are a combination of Box to box or holding midfielders, with 1 player acting as a metronome. The latter in our case is usually Toni Kroos. A 4-3-1-2 could be deployed as long as Benzema can find a striker partner. The reason Eden didnt workout there was because his drop into CAM was forcing Fede to have to go RW to provide width and space to a congested area outside the penalty box.