Real Madrid launched a new looks in Los Angeles. Ancelotti deployed against Milan the new system that advanced in the first days of preseason, adapting his drawing to the players he has in his squad this season. In the Rose Bowl the new 4-4-2 could be seen with the midfield in a rhombus and two points, partly renouncing, depending on who had the point, to the ends.
TO Carletto He was satisfied with the first trial of the experiment: “I liked it. There are things that we have to modify a bit. It was a bit difficult for us to start from behind. We try to play a little more on the inside than on the outside. Sometimes the pressure has not been correct, but my feeling is good”, assured the Real Madrid coach after the match.
In the starting lineup, the tests placed the focus on the attack. Bellingham as a forward man in that midfield. The Englishman left great sensations in his debut, with great incidence in the game and bringing danger to the real area. “Bellingham’s position has been good and he has played a good game. The team must get used to his quality. We have to enjoy his arrival during the season ”, Ancelotti commented on the rookie. Ahead of the Briton, Joselu made nine and Brahim on his right as second striker, descending towards the center of the field to look for the ball and falling, with a certain timidity, towards the right. But the lack of wingers denoted a lack of Real Madrid on the wings. Although the novelty was in the attack, the mismatches of the first part were concentrated behind, where the team was imprecise in the ball output. One of those errors, by Nacho, generated the 0-2 on the edge of the break.
Vinicius and Rodrygo, references
The carousel of changes at halftime, from which Valverde (the Uruguayan played 90 minutes) and Bellingham escaped, in addition to Lunin (also 90 ‘), left nuances. With the entry of Fran García and Vinicius, the team gained depth on the left wing. The man from La Mancha joined the attack in a more incisive way than the Frenchman and the Brazilian, whom the new drawing places him in a more central position, fell to the side to play the game he is used to.
Bellingham left his place to Nico Paz after the first hour of the game and with that substitution he saw himself a new setting. When it came time to defend, the rhombus became a four in a row, with the Spanish-Argentine player covering the left flank and Valverde leaning to the right. The new drawing perhaps leaves that band deserted, but the final moments of the game left another lesson: that with Vinicius forward, Madrid can take advantage of the speed and definition of the carioca on the counter.