The Galician put in a great performance against Valladolid this Sunday, including a goal
It’s not going to be an easy season Luke Vasquez. Two injuries, one to the gracilis muscle in September and one to the ankle in January, have reduced his role in the team as he has rotated positions with Carvajal in recent seasons, with the Madrid man as the starter.
So far, the Galician has been the only starter ten games so far this season, the last being this Sunday against Valladolid. Still, Lucas Vázquez has always performed at a good level and even contributed offensively: with three goals, he is the second top scorer for the white defense behind only Militao (6), despite playing only 580 minutes.
In comparison, last season Lucas played 41 games, being 27 of them as owners, although his offensive contribution was the same: three goals. Of course, despite playing a few minutes, he played an important role in the Champions League comebacks, especially against PSG in the latter part of the game, which complicated his contribution to Mbappé.
Even playing the rest of the starting season couldn’t match the 2021-2022 titles. Despite this and, yes, making it clear that the injuries had a lot to do with his absence, Lucas has behaved in an exemplary manner (as always) and He performed at a good level in every match he playeddespite the fact that we already know that his career started as a winger and not a winger.
With the start of Lucas, Real Madrid have won seven games, drawn two (Shakhtar and Betis) and lost another one (Leipzig), and they only played the full game of those three games against the Ukrainian team. His good performance against Valladolid (he made 11 progressive moves, the most so far this season by a Real Madrid right-back), coupled with the fact that Carvajal is not having his best moment, at least invite Ancelotti to think about it ahead of the decisive part of the seasonAlthough it seems that the Italian is clear about his position. Just in case, as always, Lucas will be on hand if needed.
Source: Goal