Real Madrid face Leipzig in the ‘temple’ of the Champions League

Spotlights point to Vinícius and he responds with football and goals. First time immersed in an endless streak of goals, Five consecutive games that make it a great madridista reference. Even more so without the injured Karim Benzema against Celtic who will miss his second date at Glasgow. Controversy broke out around the Brazilian figure. Because of his style, his dribbling, his celebratory dance.

Without Karim, but with Vinicius

With provocation the line is thin and there are opponents who, like against Mallorca, understand that when they are defeated and go on with ‘Vini’ football. His coach, Carlo Ancelotti, asks him not to provoke provocations and to focus on the game. Everything a player does overcame the harshest criticism for lack of definition Even being a striker is always news. And with that, he got used to living in the white house with nothing affecting his performance.

Real Madrid are returning home with the magical memory of their last game in the Champions League, the flashback of history against Manchester City, where everything seemed lost in the semi-finals and the final move towards ‘fourteenth’. Ancelotti’s team should also keep in mind his home stadium debut in the final edition of the tournament.

Now against Leipzig, with the same advantage assumed over the player who came as the ‘Cinderella’ of the group and made the first step towards the ‘Champions’, Moldovan Sheriff Tiraspol starred in a resounding bump. The most successful coach with his four ‘orejona’, ‘Carletto’ celebrates 25 years in the competition and keeps his enthusiasm and ambition intact. Counting the seven official matches of a season that started with the championship, the European Super Cup as a win, he averages 2.85 goals with 20 goals, and in the always alarming absence of Benzema finds offensive variants.

Deals for another ‘9’

Real Madrid refused to seek competition in the market for Karim with the best numbers of his career. Frenchman’s injury leaves team ‘9’ orphaned. Because Ancelotti does not trust his Mariano and prefers to try players who are not natural defenders. Eden Hazard eliminated an issue at Glasgow with points and assists, but made almost no appearances when he started against Mallorca. The Brazilian Rodrygo wants a step in a special moment, always on target and allied with a spark of speed that the Belgian is hard to recover from.

It also appears Marco Asensio on the list of candidates With Ancelotti’s pending ‘debt’. After closing a situation that took him out of minutes while the market was open, his pledge against Mallorca was cut short by the injury of Lucas Vázquez, causing public outrage in Mallorca. If he is not a starter, he will have minutes during the game on a team with Dani Carvajal returning from the right and Antonio Rüdiger as the centre-back.

Eder Militao has now recovered, but ‘Carletto’ is saving him for the Madrid derby. Control was regained after a break given by Aurélien Tchouaméni.

A ‘resurrected’ Leipzig

Leipzig comes to the duel at the Bernabéu after going through a devastating crisis. Domenico Tedesco was sacked and Marco Rose was placed on the bench.and then a 3-0 win over Borussia Dortmund, which was seen as a kind of salvation.

In this match, Rose’s first and only match so far on the bench was against Leipzig. showed a new face after a bad start to the season When he surprisingly lost to Shaktar (1-4) in the Bundesliga and also in the Champions League.

It is clear that Madrid is a bigger challenger than Dortmund, but it is also clear that the German team came into the game with clearly better emotions than a week ago, despite suffering three delicate losses such as Spaniard Dani Olmo, defender Lukas. Klostermann and midfielder Konrad Laimer.

Laimer was the last person to join infirmary after suffering a ligament injury against Dortmund, and his loss is probably the most weight-bearing person to his team as he often plays a key role in double pivots and transitions. His absence will likely lead to the double axis created by Xavier Schlager and Kevin Kampl.

Meanwhile on the site Dani Olmo in midfield, Rose bets Emile Forsberg against Dortmund and is likely to repeat the bet. As well as going back to the 4-2-3-1 plan that Timo Werner was at its peak, which implies the sacrifice of André Silva and the ownership of Dominique Szoboszlai.