Real Madrid’s goal is exhausted and Florentino has patience with Ancelotti

Mbappe or nothing

103 days in which Florentino Pérez has not considered signing anyone as Manchester City new signer Haaland is also unavailable. When the news that Mbappé would be renewed by PSG was confirmed, Carlo Ancelotti told Real Madrid general manager José Ángel Sánchez that he would like to hire another striker. to complete Karim Benzema in the score direction. The Italian even named the Brazilian Richarlison at Everton, where Carletto trained him at the time. Madrid listened to his request, but Florentino was firm in his decision: “Signed Mbappé. And he will finally play in white”. But until that happens, The white team continues to present an offensive imbalance, with Benzema, 34, the only real resource. Neither Mariano nor Hazard are salvageable as they show with their performances, so the Italian had to improvise by placing Rodrygo on a false 9 with the limitations this entailed.

Florentino was not discussed and decided. Manuel Pellegrini, who was the coach of Real Madrid in the 2009-10 season, warned in an interview with Betis before the game: “At Real Madrid, they believe that a coach should manage the types of players they give him and he should be committed to it, and I believe the coach should have an idea of ​​the squad he is going to manage. Unfortunately, there was a ‘miscommunication’ between the president and me from the beginning due to a lack of communication or different personal views. I have no problem with Florentino but When the president and the coach have different opinions, the coach has to go. And I soon realized that I wasn’t going to continue in Madrid.”

In his book ‘Calm Leadership’, published in 2021, Carlo Ancelotti spoke of his first spell at Real Madrid and his relationship with Florentino: “Although they gave me the freedom to change my style of play, they told me and repeated it; whether I wanted to or not, the team’s game was more Luckily, I’ve had experience in fulfilling a president’s wishes. Florentino was determined to sign some of the biggest superstars in the game. football World, so maybe the players I wouldn’t choose would come and go but My obligation was to make the team work with the assets given to me”. And he pointed to an explanatory thought: “There is a strange organization in Madrid, not a club to take root.”

In recent weeks the Italian has been losing credit in the club’s prime zone. The team, whose popularity skyrocketed after the historic win at Liverpool, tied together three games against Atlético, Barcelona and Betis where they scored just one goal from youth team Álvaro Rodríguez. One fact that Ancelotti focused on at the end of the Villamarín match: “We have conceded only one set-piece goal in the last three games. It is clear that we need to be more effective. The opposing teams are coming close, but we have the quality to do better, to be more effective and stronger”.

frustration and anger

League draw athletic There has already been a “disappointment” in the club offices due to the poor offensive bid. Defeat against Barça at Bernabéu sparked ‘outrage’ Because of the team’s lack of score. Also from the upper echelons “Ancelotti is not optimizing the resources available to him on the bench,” it scrolls.. Surrendering to Hazard, Florentino and his collaborators were not amused when they saw how Nacho, Ceballos and Asensio started out as substitutes again in Sevilla.

Prior to their Alaba and Mendy defeats, Carletto preferred to take Camavinga with him instead of a Nacho that was requested by Bayern, Wolverhampton and MLS teams and knocked on his door with juicy offers. At his best since being a white player, Ceballos doesn’t have the minutes he has won when playing. And Asensio is simply not to Ancelotti’s delight. Three players with one foot outside of Madrid, this complicates the manager’s decisions, although the club plans to renew the first two.

Mortgaged by Mbappé’s fears and with Modric, Kroos, Benzema, Nacho, Ceballos and Asensio’s future in the air, Ancelotti knows that despite his contract until 2024, his permanence on the bench is not guaranteed. Champions League, Cup (where they should come back in Camp Nou) and a very complex League. But there is no heaven without goals. AND As Carletto warns in his book, “It is impossible to complete a season at Real Madrid without winning a championship”. Madrid is running out of strength, as is Florentino’s patience with his coach.