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It’s game day
Real Madrid squad vs Celta de Vigo. pic.twitter.com/H5YHsVUzDJ
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NEXT: Celta de Vigo
❗️Expected XI vs Celta de Vigo. @diarioas pic.twitter.com/bbKKgrTFuQ
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Carlo and his men will be determined to bounce back from Sunday’s humiliation with a strong performance at the Bernabeu.
A victory against Celta is expected but what is not expected is a real change of approach.
We expect suffering to be greeted with hisses and individual brilliance to be greeted with enthusiastic applause.
It also seems that Carlo has reached his quota of Castilla players under Raúl Asencio.
Confirmed changes
Ancelotti: “Andriy Lunin WILL PLAY tomorrow.” pic.twitter.com/Lo0yVnvY3s
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Lunin will start. Courtois’s absence is a cause for concern, but we have been so bad this season that it barely makes a difference. Lunin has shown he can do a job, but no goalie is going to be as good as we have played this season.
Expected changes
❗️ Asencio will start tomorrow. @brand pic.twitter.com/tC9h77bxcS
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Asencio will be the starter. Tchouaméni is likely to return to midfield as a thank you for replacing the CB and youngster Asencio will continue until he is displaced by the return of Alaba.
The key to the midfield
Ceballos helps Carlo find a lazy solution but it comes with a problem. Ceballos is not a pivot. And both Fede and Jude have to start. So Carlo has to choose his poison. Ceballos and Camavinga complement each other quite well, but that would require a 4 CM combination and that means that one of the 3 forwards must be left out.
Hopefully the coach chooses the XI according to the strategy relevant to the opponent we face… And yet… You should know better.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Lorenzo Aguado is in the squad. Given that he is the only right back in the squad, I hope he plays.
Worst case scenario, he’ll be replaced at halftime because he can’t fix it. In the best case scenario, we will finally have a right back in the first team.
It’s almost crazy how many full-backs have left the club during Carlo’s time and now we have a full-back crisis.