Tag: Real Madrid

There’s another Real Madrid game-changer Carlo Ancelotti needs to stop forgetting about
18Nov By Joe SorianoNo Comments
Features, LaLiga

There’s another Real Madrid game-changer Carlo Ancelotti needs to stop forgetting about

As Real Madrid prepare for their fixture following the November international matches, they are staring down a six-point deficit in the title race against Barcelona, and even though they have a game in hand, the gap actually feels wider than just six points. That's because Real Madrid were annihilated in their last matchup against Barcelona, falling 4-0 in El Clasico for the second time in Carlo Ancelotti's second reign, which has been more famous for its two Champions Leagues but is now in its biggest moment of crisis. Although Real Madrid bounced back from both the Clasico defeat and a 3-1 loss to AC Milan in the Champions League with a 4-0 victory over Osasuna, until Los Blancos comfortably win a big match, Carletto won't stop feeling the heat. The legendary manager has come un...
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A struggling Real Madrid star might be the best case for hiring Xabi Alonso
17Nov By Joe SorianoNo Comments
Features, LaLiga

A struggling Real Madrid star might be the best case for hiring Xabi Alonso

Following the 4-0 loss to Barcelona and the 3-1 defeat to his former club AC Milan, Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti received a great deal of pressure both internally and externally. It's familiar territory for the two-time Champions League winning coach at Real Madrid, and he'll readily recall being fired for no apparent reason - other than the nebulous, "a cycle has ended" reasoning from Florentino Perez - after his first successful stint at the club. But even though Real Madrid bounced back with a 4-0 win over Osasuna and have much bigger squad issues defensively than anything that has to do with Ancelotti, this time, the pressure feels different. Even when things were going swimmingly for Ancelotti last season, there was a constant backdrop of noise that 2025 would be the y...
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Positive Florian Wirtz transfer rumors are actually a worrying sign for Real Madrid
16Nov By Joe SorianoNo Comments
Features, LaLiga

Positive Florian Wirtz transfer rumors are actually a worrying sign for Real Madrid

Real Madrid have the worst defensive injury crisis in world football after Eder Militao joined Dani Carvajal with a torn ACL, leaving the Merengue club with only Antonio Rudiger as a healthy, full-time senior starter in the back four. Los Blancos have been without a top left back these last two seasons and continue to waffle on signing Alphonso Davies, in the hopes they can steal the Bayern Munich superstar for free. Their right back situation is now a certified disaster with even Lucas Vazquez, who is not actually a right back, injured. In central defense, it will be Rudiger holding down the fort on his own with only Castilla star Raul Ascencio to help, unless if Real Madrid finally get serious about signing the center back help they should have already added in the summer when Nach...
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Real Madrid’s top January CB transfer target just got more likely to sign
14Nov By Joe SorianoNo Comments
Features, LaLiga

Real Madrid’s top January CB transfer target just got more likely to sign

Real Madrid have to sign at least one center back in January. Even before Eder Miltao's season-ending injury against Osasuna, it was already abundantly clear that Los Merengues needed to sign one more central defender so that the would at least have three healthy senior players at the position. With Militao injured and David Alaba still unaccounted for after his own ACL tear last December, Real Madrid have just one senior center back in the squad, Antonio Rudiger. Real Madrid should have already signed an experienced center back in a previous transfer window, such as this past summer when they failed to replace Nacho Fernandez, who moved to Saudi Arabia. Perhaps the club viewed prospect Joan Martinez as the Nacho replacement, but, sadly, the teenage sensation suffered - here it is...
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The top-class defender Real Madrid should have signed but foolishly chose not to
11Nov By Joe SorianoNo Comments
LaLiga

The top-class defender Real Madrid should have signed but foolishly chose not to

Real Madrid have the worst defense of any top club in world football right now, as they came into the season with a shorthanded back line after an inexcusably poor summer window that only the most shameless of Florentino Perez fanboys could have justified. And as literally everyone with a healthy amount of skepticism, perhaps even Carlo Ancelotti himself, could have predicted, Real Madrid are in crisis mode defensively after more injuries ravaged their back line. First, it was Dani Carvajal who exited the season with a torn ACL, and, now, Real Madrid are without their best center back after Eder Militao tore his ACL against Osasuna. Real Madrid only have one healthy senior center back in Antonio Rudiger, they have no senior right backs, and their left back situation is simply unte...
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Liverpool’s best player against Real Madrid won’t even be Mohamed Salah
11Nov By Joe SorianoNo Comments
LaLiga, Premier League

Liverpool’s best player against Real Madrid won’t even be Mohamed Salah

Liverpool are unequivocally the best team in the Premier League right now, having just carved up fellow Champions League side Aston Villa 2-0 behind another inspired performance from the league's best player, Mohamed Salah. The Reds have been a juggernaut this season under Arne Slot, and you could argue that only the Hansi Flick-led La Liga leaders Barcelona have been more impressive in all of European football. Yes, Liverpool have been even better than La Liga's second-best team, Real Madrid, because Los Blancos really haven't been very good at all this season, even after signing Kylian Mbappe and Endrick. Real Madrid have had trouble integrating their new stars, with Mbappe earning widespread criticism for a horrendous performance against Barcelona in what amounted to a 4-0 blow...
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The uncomfortable truth about Real Madrid signing Aymeric Laporte
10Nov By Joe SorianoNo Comments
LaLiga

The uncomfortable truth about Real Madrid signing Aymeric Laporte

Real Madrid are in dire need of center back help this winter, as Eder Militao has suffered a torn ACL yet again, leaving only Antonio Rudiger as an experienced option in central defense. Raul Asencio looked good in his debut relief of Militao against Osasuna, recording an assist while helping the Merengues keep a clean sheet, but Real Madrid can't possibly go into the thick of the Champions League campaign and La Liga title race with only Asencio and Rudiger as options. Although Sergio Ramos has been linked to Real Madrid as an immediate center back signing, the current free agent looks like an unrealistic option due to the club's desire to only sign players for the future. RB Leipzig standout Castello Lukeba looks like the favorite to join Real Madrid in January, but with a need ...
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Real Madrid won’t pursue the most obvious center back upgrade
10Nov By Joe SorianoNo Comments
LaLiga

Real Madrid won’t pursue the most obvious center back upgrade

Desperation doesn't even begin to describe the feeling that should be reverberating around the walls of the Valdebebas after Real Madrid lost their best defender to a season-ending ACL tear on Saturday against Osasuna. For the second straight season, Eder Militao is down for the count, joining the club's only other elite defensive option, Dani Carvajal, on the injured list with a torn ACL. And with Lucas Vazquez injured for a weeks, too, with David Alaba still on the shelf from his own ACL tear last year, Real Madrid have dwindling options across their back line. As it stands right now, Antonio Rudiger is their only healthy senior center back, the club doesn't have a single option at right back besides Castilla talent Jesus Fortea, and the left back position remains a revolving do...
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Real Madrid are about to take drastic measures at center back
10Nov By Joe SorianoNo Comments
LaLiga

Real Madrid are about to take drastic measures at center back

Real Madrid were able to keep a clean sheet in their latest La Liga game after surrendering a combined seven goals to Barcelona and AC Milan, but there was no time to celebrate a strong defensive performance. First of all, Osasuna is Osasuna. Sorry. But second of all and most importantly, Real Madrid lost, by far, their best defensive player of the season to an ACL tear, with Eder Militao suffering the major injury for a second straight season. Antonio Pintus' future should be non-existent after yet another torn ACL a Real Madrid player, but, that point aside, Los Blancos are in serious trouble defensively with Antonio Rudiger as the only healthy, senior first-team center back. Real Madrid didn't sign a center back this past summer. Or the summer before that. Or even in the winter...
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The star Real Madrid have to worry most about losing in 2025
10Nov By Joe SorianoNo Comments
LaLiga

The star Real Madrid have to worry most about losing in 2025

Real Madrid are in a difficult period, because even though they got back to winning ways with a Vinicius Junior hat trick- fueled 4-0 demolition of solid La Liga side Osasuna, they also lost superstar center back Eder Militao for the rest of the 2024/25 season. Already, Real Madrid are falling behind Barcelona in the title race after a 4-0 drubbing in El Clasico, and they didn't exactly instill confidence against top competition by getting dismantled by a thoroughly mediocre AC Milan side 3-1 in the Champions League. Nobody is facing more pressure at the Santiago Bernabeu than manager Carlo Ancelotti, who, for the first time in his second stint at the club, is playing for his job. Real Madrid don't want to fire Ancelotti - certainly not before they can secure Xabi Alonso as his re...
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