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The Class of Real Madrid and Florentino Perez.
It took Don Florentino Perez just 3 hours after that season ending injury to renew Carvajal. This is how a club legend deserves to be treated. Animo Dani.
Immensely proud to support this club — what a statement and powerful message: renew your right back, who will be 34 in 2026, immediately after a season-ending (potentially career impacting) injury.
Carvajal and his family will never forget it. https://t.co/BTnwA8GNbL
— Matt (@MattW_MM) October 6, 2024
Dani Carvajal: “I only have words of gratitude to Real Madrid and our president Florentino Pérez”.
“On a day like today, we announced the continuity until 2026, transmits what is the best club in the world in every way and how in the successes that we share fill us with… pic.twitter.com/RvhsT5WfCb
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) October 6, 2024
Some Positives from the Villareal game.
Real Madrid’s passing network vs Villarreal | La Liga 24-25
Last night was one of the best performances from this Real Madrid side & it came with both Bellingham & Valverde not being shunted out wide as much. The connecting presence in midfield was there.
[viz: @Odriozolite] pic.twitter.com/Bs9XdV0qkv
— Managing Madrid (@managingmadrid) October 6, 2024
Settled possession has looked very good in the 2nd half. Still plenty of things to improve on, but the circulation and control are up there with the best we’ve seen from this season so far.
Camavinga is involved and effective, his growth in possession over the last 18 months >> https://t.co/FRHTE8R0Vi
— Managing Madrid (@managingmadrid) October 5, 2024
With all this talk of missing Kroos, there’s another presence also being missed.
Can’t help but wonder how devastating this offense would look with Joselu still around, even if he would only play spot minutes off the bench. Soooo many promising situations around the box that could use a traditional box crashing 9 as a focal point.
— Managing Madrid (@managingmadrid) October 5, 2024
The Mbappe-Vinicius combo looks most dangerous when Jude crashes the box and they have a 4th player also crashing the box as a decoy which weaponizes 1 as a creator and gives the other an opportunity to finish because other defenders are pinned.
Joselu staying would’ve helped. https://t.co/xQ6Vc7C0Q7
— Siddharth (@tacticalfouling) October 5, 2024
How it’s really going to play out.
In case anybody had their hopes up.
Step 1: Real Madrid want to sign players in January.
Step 2: Real Madrid are not happy with the available options in January.
Step 3: Real Madrid told Ancelotti to work with the squad he has and use the academy. https://t.co/DKIwUD3rFQ
— MadridistaTV (@madridistatvYT) October 6, 2024
