Real Madrid dropped eight points behind rivals Barcelona on Sunday and will not have the chance to focus on shortening that gap until next, as they are in Morocco for the Club World Cup. At 20:00 CEST on Wednesday, they take on Al Ahly in the semi-final, knowing Al Hilal await the winner on Saturday.
Their defeat to Real Mallorca will have consequences. Marco Asensio missed a penalty and failed to cause much danger against his former side, thus Marca predict he will drop out of the team, with Fede Valverde pushing forward on the right.
Only Aurelien Tchouameni will retain his place in the middle, with Luka Modric and Toni Kroos returning alongside him.
Even though David Alaba is fit, and supposedly starting, he will return to central defence and Eduardo Camavinga will continue in his new role at left-back.
Diario AS agree on the line-up, with their only change being that Alaba will remain on the bench, with Antonio Rudiger continuing in the team. Rodrygo is expected to lead the line in the absence of Karim Benzema.
He is one of six absences Carlo Ancelotti is dealing with in this match, alongside Thibaut Courtois, Eder Militao, Lucas Vazquez, Ferland Mendy and Eden Hazard. The first three have been included in their Club World Cup squad, and could return for the final on Saturday if they make it.
Dukioprsu
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Kroos and Modric combination is weak, they can't tackle and retrieve the ball
are you serious
CrUeL_Prince
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You also complained about some of your coaches, so don't act like a saint
we complained about our coaches yes it's true, but we didn't teach our coaches how to manage the squad, there are lots of things that impact the game, schedule, fatigue, injuries, quality of the opponent, etc, and coaches choose players according to those circumstances and Ancelotti is a super top class manager that has won multiple Champions leagues, so for me complaining about his tactics or selection is nonsense
Muuckmoptu
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go with this
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No way
teoabdmos
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good luck to Al Ahly of Egypt 🤞
mynose_7
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go with this
marquesking
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Kroos and Modric combination is weak, they can't tackle and retrieve the ball
You're not serious.. Kroos and Modric are the only two keeping the team intact in the middle. The last match they both didn't start I hope you saw the results and when they came in, hope you also saw the changes
Bestclubmadrid
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Ancelotti is working with them everyday and knows better than all of us
You also complained about some of your coaches, so don't act like a saint
Bestclubmadrid
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Ancelotti is working with them everyday and knows better than all of us
That's not true. It's not about working with them, we the fans also can see clearly while watching. We can also analyse the game bro not only Ancelotti
CrUeL_Prince
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Exactly bro. But Ancelotti doesn't know this
Ancelotti is working with them everyday and knows better than all of us
Bestclubmadrid
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Kroos and Modric combination is weak, they can't tackle and retrieve the ball
Exactly bro. But Ancelotti doesn't know this
Don Zayo
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Kroos and Modric combination is weak, they can't tackle and retrieve the ball
Bestclubmadrid
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Another trophy to put in our cabinet
AmiriKing07
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to me even players can make the Manager be sent out of the club now wait and see wat is going to happen to The Madrid manager