Carlo Ancelotti: Carlo Ancelotti- Karim Benzema Feud: Carlo Ancelotti, manager of Real Madrid, has acknowledged that the team must search for a number nine in the future. The Italian manager also stated that Karim Benzema has been doing well up to this point, and that if Los Blancos have a problem, it is not with their attack. Real Madrid will be playing Real Sociedad on Thursday to attempt and lessen the gap in the Laa Liga table. Follow La Liga LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN.
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Ancelotti was questioned if Real Madrid needed to recruit a more pure number nine to play behind Karim Benzema, despite the fact that the team occasionally used Marco Asensio and Rodrygo Goes in the centre in his absence, at a press conference before Tuesday night’s matchup with Real Sociedad.
“The project for the future for the club is to sign a 9, because Karim is the age he is. But Karim is doing very well up until now and while he is in good condition, it’s working very well.” said the Real Madrid manager.
Carlo Ancelotti: “In the future project for Real Madrid we have to sign a number nine”. 🚨⚪️ #RealMadrid
“I say this because Karim Benzema has an age — even though, of course he’s doing very well. We never had any kind of problem with that”. pic.twitter.com/EesaCesf5R
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) May 1, 2023
While Real Madrid was on the winning end of that scoreline against Almeria at the weekend, Ancelotti will no doubt have been displeased with his defense’s lack of focus after they were severely criticised by the Italian manager last week after they were defeated by Girona 4-2. He had previously said that “this team struggles to win games without defensive commitment.”
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“It’s true that Karim has had his up and downs, but Rodrygo has progressed, Asensio has progressed. But it’s also true to say that in the last two years, the problem has not been the forwards,” he added.
Real seems set to give up the La Liga championship in 2022–23 as Clasico rivals Barcelona move 11 points ahead of them in the standings. However, they have a crucial Champions League semi-final match against Manchester City coming up and are scheduled to play Osasuna in the Copa del Rey final on Sunday. Ancelotti is getting his team ready for a trip to Real Sociedad on Tuesday before going for any more significant hardware and amid concerns about his continued stay at Santiago Bernabeu.
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