Champions, Modric charges Real: "We can still finish in the top eight"

Madrid, 28 November 2024 – The negative moment of the Real Madrid, who was defeated yesterday evening by Liverpool for 2-0. Los Blancos, who at the beginning of the season had been credited as the most likely winners of the Cup with big ears, now they are in a tunnel with darkness ahead, and they are looking for the exit. No one at the starting line would have imagined to see the Real in 24th position after the first ones 5 days in the new board Champions League, the last place valid to avoid being eliminated in the first round and to qualify for the play-offs to access the round of 16. The team of Ancelotti he just earned 6 points in 5 games: 2 wins e 3 losses, XNUMX 9 goal facts e 9 conceded. Following the 2-0 fixed yesterday at Amfiled to work MacAllister e gakpo, the blancos suffered their second defeat in a row, after the1-3 immediately at home against the Milan.

The negative protagonist of the evening was clearly Kylian Mbappé, who at 61', on the result of 1-0 for the English, he missed the penalty that could have put the Real in the match. The Spanish and French press heavily criticized the performance of the number 9 of the blancos, so much so that theTeam He rated his match with a 2, as he was unable to make up for the absence of Vinicius and did not assume the leading role of the Madrid attack that was his. The Frenchman, who was supposed to be the extra weapon of the Real, to transform the team even more into an infallible battleship, has so far not met expectations, with "only" 9 goal e 2 assists in 18 games with the blancos shirt. However, there are those, like Luka Modric, does not want to be discouraged, and is convinced that the Real can still enter the top 8 teams and achieve direct qualification to the round of XNUMX Champions League. In the post-match, the Croatian reiterated how the Real still has time to qualify among the top eight teams, as well as having spent some good words regarding the defensive performance of his team during the match just concluded. The ranking is short: the Real (at share 6) is located just 4 points from eighth place, occupied by Monaco, so with 3 wins in a row the team of Ancelotti could manage to climb a few positions and achieve direct qualification. The next tests of the blancos in Champions League they will be against Atalanta (10th December, away), RB Salzburg (22st January, at home) and Brest (January 29, away). In light of the overall standings, the challenges that the Real are far from easy, since the Goddess is in fifth place with 11 points and that the Brest occupies the eleventh position in 10 points, tied with Monaco, Arsenal e Bayer Leverkusen, which are among the top eight.

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