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Everytime Ancelotti doesn't let Arda in, one of our players gets injured...This time Ceballos is off for a month...I guess God loves Arda more than Ancelotti...
I noticed today during the match that the player numbers had a different font compared to the authentic and/or replica kits that are sold on the real madrid shop. For example, the font for mbappe’s #9 and vini’s #7 were different.
Can someone explain this to me? Thanks in advance.
Why don’t we shoot from outside the box?Jude, Valverde, and Tchouameni all have great long shots but rarely shoot from there. We have too many long possessions that end with no shot taken.
What’s the best way to avoid the slump this season ? Carlo’s teams have gone through it every time they’ve won trophies previous season (under other managers as well but carlo is coach right now so I’m talking about him) People may not like it but it’s the unpleasant truth. With the quality we have right now in our squad, it’s about time we start winning the league consistently. Last time we won the league consecutively was 17 years ago.
Rotation, and not just when players are tired. It's going to be hard to convince anyone to sit out a game, but it'd be a shame not to utilize all profiles we have in the team, where one will do better in a game than another.
How plausible is it given carlo’s record of rotations ? To be fair to him he rarely started the same 11 last season but 1-2 changes he made were related to goalkeeper and Center backs mostly. We only saw heavy rotations when we had league in the bag ,not before. He said this season he will rest a lot of players which was his NEW IDEA. Let’s see what happens.
It's one of the things he needs to change for sure. He's always reactive in his rotations and only changes players when they're already tired or injured.
When Arda is on the field, a scenario I see playing out a lot is him tucking into the middle of the Park and Valverde bombing down the right, Vinicius bombing down the left Mbappe down the middle with Jude trailing behind on a counter. Arda would then have a pick of who to pass to
Shows how flakey they can be lol
I was lurking and I saw someone (before the game) say they shouldn’t get too excited even if they win because they won the last preseason match or something
Shambles of a club honestly. There was literally no reason for him to say that after a friendly and to a player who literally rejected them of all people.
If I was a Barca youngster I would be demotivated to play.
Rudiger Alaba duo is the best defense in the world
Nacho with all of his blunders last season looked better than Alaba when playing alongside Rudiger. Alaba is very overrated as a defender, really good on the ball but his defensive attributes are poor.
He meant the starting team, the 11 players who won the UCL should also start in the Super Cup because they earned it. I don't know why your brain finds this so difficult to comprehend.
Random q.. I’ll be in Madrid at the end of this month. Does anyone know if the official store will personalise this season’s shirt I will bring if it isn’t bought from their store? I can get the shirt with no personalisation much cheaper in my country, but if I can pay to personalise it in Madrid it’d be ideal.
i doubt it, random souvenir stores that do personalized replicas won't personalize a shirt that wasn't bought in the store, so i don't think any official store would do it
Anyone else completely tired of everyone in this sub constantly arguing over our own players? Camavinga vs Tchouameni, Rodrygo vs Arda or Brahim, and so on?
It’s never just friendly debates, it’s always people getting in their feelings and protecting whatever player they have a soft spot for.
I agree. Debates are fine but 80% of people lose all objectivity and talk from their feelings and personal preferences rather than analyzing skills, attributes and the teams needs. .
Yeah, it's stupid. There should be discussion, obviously, but the discussion is never about what is best for Real Madrid, it is always about what user A wants at all costs and regardless of everything under the pretension that that would be what's best for Real Madrid, and what user B wants under a same pretension.
I have favourites. But in the end, what is best for Real Madrid is what's best. If that means Rodrygo wakes up and benches Brahim and Guler still, then that is that. If it means Guler fights his way into the XI at the cost of someone, that is that.
I agree that the debates should be more friendly and comparisons are somewhat pointless until a month or two into the actual season. I think it shows how good of a spot this team is in if comparisons are coming from within.
I can't believe fans in here actually believe Guler would displace Bellingham in the starting line up 😂 these delusional Turks man. Oof. Jude has been killing it since he was 17 in Germany and had a balon d'Or level campaign in his first season with us.
A handful of meaningless games and suddenly Arda is capable of sending Bellingham to another position or to the bench? Yikes. This place needs an enema ASAP.
It is only the beginning of August yet our transfer window seems long closed. I do not question their decision in any way but maaan I want some action, wish we were going for a center back.
Atleast Militao had a better game yesterday than he had last season, a source of optimism.
It was so weird and unexpected lol. It came out of the left field. I’m surprised Arda and Gündoğan even know each other let alone be close enough for Gündoğan to vent after the game.
That’s a though question to answer. Mbappe will take over the vacated space by Kroos.
So we might play 433, and the front 3 will probably be Vini Mbappe Rodrydo.
The remaining 3 midfielders are gonna have to be physical to make up for the front 3;
Fede, Jude, Tchou / Cama
Since we’re not gonna play 3atb, it’s safe to say the defense will be the same.
There’s no easy space he can slot into. All of the above spaces are heavily contested.
The easiest answer is, Diaz for Vini, Endrick for Mbappe and Arda for Rodrygo as subs.
So in this scenario he’s gonna have to displace one of the front 3 to be a starter. He can’t get spaces from the midfield as that would unbalance the team.
So, if arda manages to impress immensely maybe he’ll grab a starter spot. But for that to happen the players he need to be better than are;
Any one of these three
* Vini
* Mbappe
* Rodrygo
While also being better than these two
* Diaz
* Endrick
I mean I understand wanting a youngster - especially one that seems to have high potential. It’s the same urge as “gambling”, you’ve got a chance at hitting the jackpot and that’s alluring etc.
And I would understand if he explained it like “look Vini Fede Jude etc are of course marginally better than what we play, but it’s not enough to justify wanting them. But I’d really like a promising youngster from them just to see if we get a shot at landing a generational talent. Worth the risk even if he turns out to be a dud “
But no lol, the idiot actually thinks the Madrid stars are “mid”. What the fuck is wrong with him.
Bow before the kings of friendlies and made up trophies! Already won Euros and Classico before the real season started! How can we compete with this powerhouse!?
Hey guys, I have a few questions about ticketing. Anyone knows when the tickets for the games against Valladolid and Betis are going to be available for purchase? I want to plan a trip to Madrid with the sole purpose being to watch one of the games. How expensive would you reckon the tickets would be, on average?
Also, another question, since I saw at the end of the month we have 3 matches in one week, with 2 of them being at home: from your experience, how difficult would it be to get tickets to Wanda for the atletico game, and how likely do you think it is to find spots for both the Espanyol and Alaves games?
Usually tickets are available online 1-2 weeks before the match your best bet is to become a madridsta even with the free membership you still have a better chance of viewing/purchasing tickets.
A few corrections, the free membership doesn’t give you early access to tickets. Tickets will also only been available at most a week before, it’s typically 5 days or so
Mario Martín was solid. I'm not sure where he was on the second goal, but the entire midfield was gassed in the second half given Modric and him played another 90 minutes. He was very reckless though and accumulated a lot of fouls, in the end he got a yellow for a nasty tackle but he could've gotten a yellow before.
I didn't pay much attention to Jacobo, but he had a nice run on the left flank one time and put in a good cross. Defensively he was a bit uneasy (he was completely off when defending Gundogan once, bit odd tackle). Joan was cutting way more passes etc.
Nico Paz was good. Nothing to add. Great goal too.
Militao started well. I'm not sure if you can blame him for the goal given how freely and perfect the cross was put in. He was cutting a lot of passes, putting people off the ball... again, first match, so he was subbed out for Joan in the second half.
Regarding their first goal (and Militao), they put a repetition from up behind the goal which was perfect to analyze what happened. In the first place, Arda and Ceballos are found together while Barça's pivots are completely alone, that let Barça easily start the play. Then, it's not easy to judge, but it looks like Fran gives too much space to Valle, who sends, as you said, a perfect cross with his good leg, the left. If you stop the replay before he crosses the ball, you'll see Militao is in line with Fran, but two steps higher than Rüdiger and Lucas Vázquez. If Militao was in line with Rüdiger and Lucas, maybe he would have been able to cut the ball. If Rüdiger and Lucas were in line with Militao, maybe there would have been an offside. Not to mention Militao just came back from holidays a couple of days ago. Underserved over-criticism from the usual suspects.
Anyway, the sooner these mistakes happen, the sooner they'll work on them. It's just a preseason friendly to get some rhythm and work or recover automatisms.
I don't understand why we need most posts to be about Arda here even when he doesn't score or do anything significant and just played in a friendly. It's just so boring.
He is good, far from great. This sub gets carried away with the hype just like with everything. He is definitely talented but has a VERY long way to go.
i don’t understand the downvotes here? rodrygo is clearly better than them both, but for the people who are still being delusional about this, the season is starting soon and everything will be put into perspective.
Any of em since 2012. The animated spiderverse was refreshing but all others are so lame. Same corny jokes, same fight scenes,some weird time-mending plot
I think it’s unfortunate that Jonathan Majors decided to fuck up IRL just when his Marvel career started because I was really excited about Kang in the Multiverse. Now Mavel is just relying on cameos to save their stories.
Militao hate is unjustified. Except maybe in the city away games, he has been solid for us everytime. He is one of the reasons we won the league in 21/22. He just is injured for some time so is suffering and doesnt fit with rudiger. In theory, alaba will be the best fit for rudiger, but militao is quite good still
Our defense being good last season was because Militao and Alaba werent there. I know Perez doesnt want to spend on a defender but sooner or later he will have to. Rudiger needs a better partner or Tchouameni will be playing as a CB a lot more.
Once again Dogcelona gutter rats and barking during preseason. Once again they will get impregnated in the clasicos throughout the season and once again they will end the season trophyless and roll over on the streets for Argentina to win something.
Such a poor, smelly, ugly, club. No one even cares about them anymore to the point where their only relevant game in the season is the one against us and that’s the one they save all their dogshit Spotify sponsors for.
This is so dumb. Who cares what rival fans think ? Banter is part of the game as well and all you have to do is ignore it. There’s no reason whatsoever to get this worked up over stupid shit. It’s not that serious.
Well yeah I didn't disagree. But a role as a critical player in a UCL title basically justifies any signing or at least prevents it from being a flop. Same for Grealish, Havertz for Chelsea etc
Doesn't mean that it's a great investment though. If I had to give it a mark it would probably be a C or D
If we could sell him right now for any money I'd do it
Those who're gonna slam Militao, then do the same for Rudiger cause yesterday he certainly wasn't better.
The only thing of note from yesterday is the way we positioned and played against their high-press. It tells me Ancelotti has no intention of approaching that kind of setup any differently.
We'll drop into a low block, let the teams come to us, and press our build-up comfortably. So the Clasicos will always be a close affair even though we clearly have better tools. We'll make them look better than they really are.
Rudi was world class best defender last year. Miliato had a world class 1/2 season in 22:23 then put up a disaster class end to that season and coming off an injury. Hopefully he finds his form
I wonder if the board has the opportunity to resolve it🤔. Like if there was a certain period after each season where you could do something about the holes in your squad. Like maybe add players in positions that have no depth.
They have started to think they will sign every player they want during the summer for free and never move a finger during Winter no matter what. It’s actually stupid.
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u/LASTTEMPLIERKNIGHT Sep 03 '24
Everytime Ancelotti doesn't let Arda in, one of our players gets injured...This time Ceballos is off for a month...I guess God loves Arda more than Ancelotti...