Again in December, Estadio de Vallecas performed host as Actual Madrid took on Rayo Vallecano in in a sport which will nicely have been some of the tightly-contested fixtures this season.
On the evening, the hosts took a fast 2-0 lead earlier than Actual Madrid mounted an unbelievable comeback with targets from Rodrygo, Federico Valverde, and Jude Bellingham to make it 3-2.
Simply when it appeared like Actual Madrid had pulled the win out, nevertheless, Isi Palazon pulled one again and ensured that the sport led to a 3-3 draw.
Tomorrow evening, the 2 groups and Los Blancos shall be desirous to take all three factors on this event. In spite of everything, it isn’t only a matter of revenge however of the league standings.
Madrid Common brings you three speaking factors forward of Actual Madrid vs Rayo Vallecano.
The Rudiger blow
Each time Actual Madrid come near having a full-strength defence out there, an unlucky occasion guidelines out one mainstay from Carlo Ancelotti’s plans, and the identical destiny has struck once more.
Simply weeks after getting back from his damage, Antonio Rudiger is now a critical doubt to take part tomorrow evening in opposition to Rayo Vallecano as he’s reportedly unwell.
The participant is alleged to have contracted and is thus not ready to play this weekend because it stands. He didn’t even practice with the workforce in the present day, throwing his availability into doubt.
With Rudiger more likely to be unavailable, Ancelotti is again to having solely two viable centre-backs out there for the conflict in opposition to Rayo Vallecano and it’ll thus be Raul Asencio and David Alaba who will begin on the evening.
The Spanish-Austrian mixture has not featured typically and it is going to be fascinating to see if they’ll sustain the identical coordination they confirmed within the workforce’s win over Girona final month.
For sure, quite a bit is on the road and shall be straight depending on their chemistry on the again,
Bellingham is lastly again
It has been an extended and surprising stint on the sidelines for Jude Bellingham who coincidentally confronted suspensions throughout competitions concurrently.
The midfielder was proven a crimson card in Actual Madrid’s sport in opposition to Osasuna final month for verbally abusing the referee and thus handed a two-game ban in La Liga.
In consequence, he performed no half within the workforce’s video games in opposition to Actual Betis and Girona and the workforce struggled on each events and even misplaced in opposition to the previous.
In the meantime, an accumulation of yellow playing cards noticed him suspended from the primary leg of the UEFA Champions League Spherical of 16 conflict in opposition to Atletico Madrid and the participant thus ended up lacking three of the workforce’s final 4 video games throughout all competitions.
Having final featured within the Merengues’ Copa del Rey match in opposition to Actual Sociedad, Bellingham will lastly return to the sector tomorrow evening in what comes as an enormous enhance for Carlo Ancelotti and Co.
Bellingham is predicted to start out on the evening within the attacking midfield and can seemingly come on the expense of Brahim Diaz who has finished an outstanding job within the English famous person’s absence.
Eyes on the celebs
Actual Madrid managed to tug off a 2-1 win over Atletico Madrid on the Santiago Bernabeu earlier this week and thus secured a slender result in take into the reverse fixture.
Rodrygo and Brahim Diaz had been among the many targets on the evening and the workforce did largely nicely to defeat their native rivals. Vinicius Jr. and Kylian Mbappe, nevertheless, had been utterly off-colour.
The talismanic duo have each been off form in current video games and it’s the first time this season that each gamers’ ruts have coincided. For sure, there may be concern within the Actual Madrid places of work over each gamers’ type.
Mbappe, for his half, was in red-hot type whilst just lately because the final spherical of the UCL when he put targets previous Manchester Metropolis for enjoyable. Since then, nevertheless, as soon as extra.
In the meantime, Vinicius has been off-colour for a very long time now and has scored only one aim and offered one help in his final ten video games throughout all competitions.
Ancelotti and Co., thus, want each gamers to step up urgently particularly with the away leg in opposition to Los Rojiblancos looming.
The focus will thus shine shiny on each star gamers tomorrow to see if they’ll recuperate their misplaced type and are available out all weapons blazing.