Amount Carlo Ancelotti what’s wrong with him best midfielder More than he ever had at Real Madrid. A line that also defines the team’s profile this season. without counting one bellingham There are seven midfielders in the squad, which has the spirit and numbers of a striker (Valverde, Tchouaméni, Camavinga, Kroos, Modric, Ceballos and Güler) and six of them can be said to be double among themselves, which allows Carletto to switch without changing the tactical drawing.

Luka Modric And Toni Kroos They are players with good footwork, players who contribute to games with judgment and mastery. It’s hard to see them together because of their age.This causes them a lot of pain in rhythmic games. But the Italian always has one of them on the field. Aurélien Tchouameni And Eduardo Camavinga They put in the physical display, the strength and the muscles. They are your gladiators in the heat of battle. The former has more of a midfield nature, while the latter has more of an interior nature, but the coach takes advantage of his versatility, sometimes placing him as a mainstay or even as a left-back. During Dani Ceballos And Arda Guler These are courage, technical excellence. Youth and talent combined in two players who built good relationships with people at the top and worked like can openers in games against insular opponents.

Valverde is the most used midfielder

However, in this pattern there is a prime number that has no doubles. About Federico ValverdeThe only football player who can play a leading role in both areas, he is a two-way player who gives defensive work and attack to the center of the field. This led to the Uruguayan becoming the coach’s trusted player. Except for all midfielders and again bellinghamUruguayan is the most used. He has 994 minutes in 13 games, starting 11th.. His double profile allowed him to save 52 balls, take 19 shots, one of which hit the net, as well as provide two assists. Nervión scored another goal, but VAR canceled the goal due to Bellingham’s previous offside.


Fede Valverde celebrates his disallowed goal against Sevilla. Reuters

TchouameniAncelotti, to whom Ancelotti gave long minutes to get used to the team at the beginning of the season, is the closest name. The former Monaco player played 923 minutes in 13 matches, starting 11 matches. His alter ego camavinga, played 778 in the same number of matches, starting eleven of them. The two playmakers saw how Ancelotti directed his effort. Kroos The player played 629 minutes in 485 of 12 matches, with six starts. ModricHe took part in the starting 11 in five of 11 matches. For your part, ceballos He is recovering from his injury and has only been on the field for 73 minutes. Arda Güler has not been released yet.

Carletto does not have another ‘all-rounder’ to relieve Valverde, making him a fixture in midfield where he provides in both areas. Charrúa scans the entire area between fields. He initially started playing as a second striker for Santiago Solari’s Castilla; This was the attacking commitment Ancelotti fueled by publicly challenging him last season. “If Valverde doesn’t score more than 10 goals this season, that means they will get my coaching card.”He warned the Italians. He scored twelve goals and made seven assists. Today, Fede is known as the player with the strongest shot in the team, and Carletto encourages him to join the attack and show it.

Valverde’s punch to Baena

The Uruguayan player hasn’t had an easy month lately. Start date: Uruguay’s elimination in the Qatar World Cup group stageIt finished third behind Portugal and South Korea and ahead of Ghana. What followed was a difficult season for him, both on a sporting and personal level. Start date: Punch to Villarreal player Álex Baena, in April and following a series of injuries that prevented him from maintaining his rhythm all season. And to all that’s added pregnancy problem during your partner’s pregnancy Fortunately, this issue was resolved and resulted in the happy birth of son Bautista on June 25.


Araujo will face Valverde in the rematch of the Copa del Rey semi-final between FC Barcelona, ​​​​Barça and Real Madrid. Jordi Cotrina

Valverde’s today, Fede, his wife Mina and their children Benicio and BautistaThey form a happy family. And Federico, 25, played for the first time as Uruguay’s captain in the World Cup South American qualifiers. Marcelo Bielsa As the new Uruguayan coach. ‘El Pajarito’ became ‘Halcón’ and became the only prime number in the strongest midfield that Ancelotti managed at Real Madrid. A non-negotiable 11-year-old who signed for the Whites in May 2015 after paying five million to Peñarol for a 16-year-old player.

Valverde’s value: 100 milltagson

Today Its value is around 100 millionThat’s how he was assessed when Premier teams inquired about him, but neither the player nor Madrid are considering him leaving. Valverde is getting closer to his dream “Wear your Real Madrid armband”This was something he did for the first time specifically in the 2022 preseason friendly against América de México in the United States.

The Uruguayan will play his 16th classic this Saturday in Montjuic, which will help him break the balance he offers. Their record against Barça: seven wins, one draw and seven losses. Xavi will have to be careful because the three goals he scored against Barcelona (two in the League and one in the Super Cup) were on Barça soil.