Ancelotti bets on Rodrygo at Anfield

The entry of Dani Carvajal on the right side and the offensive commitment of Carlo Ancelotti, giving entry to the Brazilian Rodrygo Goes in the offensive trident and delaying the position of the Uruguayan Fede Valverde to the midfield, are the novelties of Real Madrid to face Liverpool at Anfield in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16.

Thomas Osborne
Thomas Osborne
21 February 2023 Tuesday 15:27
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Ancelotti bets on Rodrygo at Anfield

The entry of Dani Carvajal on the right side and the offensive commitment of Carlo Ancelotti, giving entry to the Brazilian Rodrygo Goes in the offensive trident and delaying the position of the Uruguayan Fede Valverde to the midfield, are the novelties of Real Madrid to face Liverpool at Anfield in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16.

Real Madrid will seek to pay the best tribute to the memory of the legend Amancio Amaro, going on the attack at Anfield. The Italian Ancelotti, who confessed that he had doubts about playing with four midfielders or three forwards, finally decided on the presence of Rodrygo and Valverde in midfield, to the detriment of Dani Ceballos.

Toni Kroos, who joined the concentration late on Tuesday morning, begins the game on the bench having recovered from his flu. Eduardo Camavinga is chosen to cover the loss of Aurélien Tchouaméni in the midfield.

Real Madrid starts the match at Anfield with: Courtois; Carvajal, Militao, Rüdiger, Alaba; Camavinga, Modric, Fede Valverde; Rodrygo, Vinicius and Benzema.

Jürgen Klopp, coach of the English team, bets on the expected eleven after recovering Van Dijk as head of a defense in which Joe Gomez will be his partner in the center, and Darwin Núñez starts in the trident along with Mohamed Salah and Cody Gakpo.

Liverpool's starting team is made up of Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Van Dijk, Gomez, Robertson; Henderson, Fabinho, Bajcetic; Gakpo, Nunez and Salah.

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