Real Madrid hosts Sevilla at the Santiago Bernabeu in the match corresponding to matchday eleven of the Santander League. It will be the first litmus test for the new Sevilla project led by Jorge Sampaoli against the leader of the competition, who have only given up a draw against Osasuna.
With the Argentine coach on the bench, the Seville team has experienced an improvement, although the positive results continue to resist. In Sampaoli's four games, Sevilla has three draws and one victory (in Son Moix against Mallorca).
Real Madrid - Sevilla will be played this Saturday, October 22 at 9:00 p.m. in Spain and will be broadcast by Movistar LaLiga. The La Vanguardia website will also show live what happens during the ninety minutes.
Sevilla occupies the twelfth position in the classification of the Santander League, while in the Champions League they are a foot and a half out. The objective of this team in the ascending line is to improve to aspire again to get into European positions.
The visit to the white fief will not be easy. First of all, because of Madrid's good form. Recent precedents are not encouraging either. In their last fifteen visits, Sevilla has only drawn a draw.
To make matters worse, Sampaoli has lost the young French central defender Tanguy Nianzou due to injury (fibrillar rupture). The Brazilian Marcao missed the match against Valencia due to muscular discomfort and the hours count for his presence at the Santiago Bernabéu.
For his part, Carlo Ancelotti brings Thibaut Courtois back for this match, absent in recent games due to injury. The rest of Real Madrid's squad is the same as the one for the victory against Elche last Wednesday, with Ceballos missing due to a muscle injury and Mariano with foot problems after a heavy blow.
Ancelotti's team maintained the three-point advantage for the victory in the classic two dates ago over a Barcelona that managed to get up with authority, against a posh rival like Villarreal, from the blow of said defeat and being on the verge of KO in the Champions League after being unable to beat Inter.
The good performance at the Martínez Valero, where once again Fede Valverde, Rodrygo Goes and Karim Benzema were decisive in a choral effort, allowed the Whites to consolidate their command to face the visit from Sevilla without pause.
The good results of a Madrid that has not known defeat this season, already qualified for the knockout stages of the Champions League and a solid leader in LaLiga Santander, does not cause Ancelotti to let his guard down. At a press conference he assured that they are not "invincible" and that a moment of weakness will come before which he awaits the reaction of last year.
"We do not feel invincible, the history of football has not had invincible teams. Any team can beat you with more or less quality, because football is quality, commitment, attitude and many things can determine the result. There is no invincible team At this moment we feel good and we want to continue".
