On Sunday, Real Madrid achieved its first draw this season against Sevilla, after a complicated match marked by refereeing controversy. However, Carlo Ancelotti has become aware of something very worrying.
Real Madrid is already preparing for the match against Sporting de Braga in the Champions League, which is the third day of the group stage, which will be essential to confirm its lead in the group and aspires to first advance to the round of 16. Achieving another victory in the major continental competition is the current goal of the White Mission, but Carlo Ancelotti has realized something very worrying.
Real Madrid could rely a lot on Jude Bellingham. It seems that the English midfielder has come to stay and has become a staple of Reggiolo’s eleven coach to the point that if the ‘5’ is not directly involved in the play on goal, Real Madrid usually decides the match with a defeat or a draw. _
At the moment, it is too early to draw conclusions so quickly, but the statistics do not support this. The only defeat and only draw so far, against Atletico Madrid and Sevilla respectively, ended without the Birmingham midfielder scoring a goal.
The correct course
Both teams found a way to nullify Real Madrid’s No. 5 and did so very well, although it was based on constant fouls that, in most cases, ended without corresponding punishment for the offenders. Bellingham himself even complained during the match against Sevilla in Sanchez Pizjuan.
This common denominator in Real Madrid’s only two matches that did not end in a win this season worries Carlo Ancelotti. The Italian coach of Real Madrid knows that he must reconsider his current scheme and tactical methods to find a solution to the possible dependence on Jude Bellingham and his treatment before reaching the most complicated part of the season.
