Real Madrid prepares tomorrow's game Saturday in Almería (7:30 p.m.) with little news. Carlo Ancelotti will keep Lunin in goal and everything indicates that the system will be the same as in Bilbao. Camavinga did not train this morning but if he is physically fit he will start, which will make Kroos and Modric start again on the bench, in line with continuing the generational change.
Carlo Ancelotti assured that he was happy with Kepa, but for now Lunin will continue to start. He may be on the last train of it. The Italian coach remains in doubt: "Kepa is adapting very well. He has shown a lot of personality and quality, but tomorrow we continue with Lunin. Then we'll see", he commented.
The Madrid coach shared Pep Guardiola's complaints about the calendar and the excess of games. "How can we not agree with what Guardiola has said? They see that football today is less entertaining and they try to improve the quality of the show by adding more quantity. And to improve quality you have to remove quantity. The players and coaches don't they paint nothing. They want to put in more quantity to earn more money. This is the problem. The most affected are the players, who suffer more injuries and cannot contribute everything they have. I don't know when this is going to change", he complained.
Madrid attributes the two cruciate ligament injuries, to Courtois and Militão, to a matter of simple bad luck: "It's very difficult to know why this happens. You have to evaluate many things. Militão was very good at the level of strength. Courtois, the same. We didn't have an alarm in this regard. It was bad luck," Ancelotti said.
Madrid did not like that tomorrow's game in Almería is played at 7:30 p.m., even in a very hot hour. However, Ancelotti does not believe that this is a major problem: "It could have been played later, yes, but the players are used to those temperatures. And also the hydration break will help us."
The Madrid coach did not want to give many clues about the eleven, except in the case of the goal, but everything seems to indicate that he will play again with the 4-4-2 diamond. The only question is whether Camavinga will be able to start. "He has entered the call. If he does not have the overload tomorrow, he will start," said Ancelotti. Asked if Modric and Kroos were going to play, the Italian said they had trained well and were "available to play."
What Ancelotti was very clear about was ruling out a transfer to cover the loss of Militão: "In that position we are well covered. We have many players with a lot of experience. We have Marvel (from Castilla) and we will resort to the youth system." Marvel is a 20-year-old Moroccan central defender who has been training with the first team since this week.
Ancelotti is also not worried that Saudi Arabia will take many players: "They are within their rights as long as they respect the rules of financial fair play," he said.
Asked Ancelotti if he thinks that Ansu Fati would have a good nine for Madrid, the Italian did not want to go into details because he never talks about players who are not in his squad: "He is a young man who is very talented and who is going to have a great future And here I stay", he simply said.
For Ancelotti, it's okay that TV cameras don't enter Madrid's dressing room: "For me, the dressing room is sacred and it doesn't make sense to have a camera there before a game. Madrid has the right not to give in."
The coach downplayed the fact that Vinícius was not in last season's FIFA eleven: "I don't have an explanation for that, but it doesn't matter to me and neither does Vinícius. Everyone knows how good he is and he just lacks maintain continuity. He has already progressed and he has been the player who has made the most difference in recent years".
