Mallorca visit a Real Madrid forced to rotate due to injuries at the Santiago Bernabéu. The match, corresponding to matchday 6 of the Santander League, will be the second hosted by the Madrid fiefdom after its reopening after the remodeling works.
Despite the casualties due to injury and the accumulation of matches in many of its starters, Carlo Ancelotti’s team has the most fearsome attacking pair in the League. The Vinícius-Benzema duo is in a stellar moment and they have already scored 11 goals, more than the rest of the teams with all their players.
Ancelotti will have to resort to rotations in the face of casualties and the load of minutes
With the losses of Dani Carvajal, Marcelo, Ferland Mendy, Toni Kroos, Dani Ceballos and Gareth Bale, he must give minutes to players like Asensio or Jovic, with testimonial appearances in the six games this season. In a great dynamic of results, after coming back in his last two outings and beating Inter at San Siro and Valencia at Mestalla, the wear and tear of those matches invites us to think about the entry of Miguel Gutiérrez on the left side, with Nacho as a new option for the right or Lucas Vázquez before Carvajal’s umpteenth muscular problem.
Midfielders like Eduardo Camavinga, who has left great sensations in the three times he has played since his arrival, and Isco Alarcón, win options, and Rodrygo or Marco Asensio appear as assets if Ancelotti gives a break to his offensive starting trident.
Eduardo Camavinga celebrates a goal scored against Celta
For its part, Mallorca faces its ‘black beast’ in a field in which it has not scored for 12 years. The Madrid team is the rival that has won the most times (37) and the numerous casualties with which it travels to the Spanish capital are not at all promising. Luis García Plaza has problems especially in defense due to the injuries of center-backs Antonio Raillo, Franco Russo, Alexandar Sedlar, and right-back Pablo Maffeo. Joining the list of footballers with physical problems are midfielder Íñigo Ruiz de Galarreta and forward Ángel Rodríguez.
Sastre, Valjent, Oliván and Costa are emerging as starters on the vermilion defensive line at the Santiago Bernabeú stadium; Subsidiary players Josep Gayá (central) and Marc Carmona (left back) may also have a chance, who will be part of the squad list, as confirmed by the coach.
May debut as starter Kang In Lee
It is possible that the South Korean Kang In Lee, former Valencia youth squad player, will make his debut at the Bernabeú, who until now has had a few minutes and the Japanese Takefusa Kubo will face Madrid, owner of his federative rights, for the second time with the shirt from Mallorca. He already did it in May 2020 with a Majorcan defeat (2-0).
Real Madrid host Mallorca at Santiago Bernbéu this Wednesday, September 22, starting at 10pm. A duel that will be refereed by the referee Javier Alberola Rojas, from the Castellano-Manchego committee and that can be seen on Movistar LaLiga. In addition, La Vanguardia will offer the minute by minute with the highlights of the meeting.
Check here all the results of matchday 6 of the Santander League
Check here the Santander League classification
–
