Ancelotti has left with his gala eleven, with the exception of the injured Benzema, to face the Seville
Rodrygo has taken the Frenchman’s position up front and Courtois has returned after six games on the Sevo dam
Real Madrid received Sevilla at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium after the whites’ great match against Elche during the week, where the merengue team won a clear victory (0-3) that helped them stay at the top of the table and morale shot, by the way, for the precious game that the team showed.
Today, however, the test was of a much higher level, before a Seville rehabilitated after the dismissal of Lopetegui and the hiring of Sampaoliwho has awakened the Seville squad since his arrival at Sánchez-Pizjuán.
For the duel with those from Nervión Ancelotti has not been saved nothing and the only important novelty has been the alignment of Rodrygo as ‘9’ in the absence of the injured Karim Benzema. Mendy returned to the left side after resting against Elche and Courtois returned to the eleven after missing the last six games due to injury. The complete line-up of ‘Carletto’ has been the following: Courtois; Carvaja, Militao, Alaba, Mendy; Modric, Tchouameni, Kroos; Valverde, Rodrygo, Vinicius.
ALL THE GOALS OF THE MATCH
1-0, MODRIC, MIN. 5
Luka Modric put Real Madrid ahead on the scoreboard in the first minutes of the duel after Montiel lost the ball on the right side. Vinicius stole the Argentine’s bag and after rushing to the baseline he saw Modric unmarked at the second post, from where the Croatian only had to push the ball into the back of the net.