Actual Madrid continued their woeful run within the UEFA Champions League final Wednesday as they fell to a different defeat towards Liverpool. With this loss, the Merengues have now misplaced 3 of their 5 matches within the UCL League Section, towards Lille, AC Milan, and Liverpool.
As issues stand, Los Blancos have solely 3 video games left to salvage their UCL marketing campaign, as they completed matchday 5 of League Section on the 24 place, the final spot for a qualification to the Spherical of 16, however must win a play-off match to truly advance to this stage.
Liverpool have been in superb kind, and with the shape that Actual Madrid have proven to this point, it was probably not a shock to see the Premier League facet getting the higher of the present champions.
Nevertheless, with the best way Carlo Ancelotti’s staff performed on this recreation, there are a variety of query marks about whether or not the staff can truly compete towards the European elite this season.
Actual Madrid had been with out a number of of their stars, together with Vinicius Junior, however with the squad that they’ve, they had been nonetheless anticipated to place up a match towards the 1st-placed Premier League facet.
Moreover, Kylian Mbappe had an excellent likelihood to step up within the absence of Vinicius and present his coach that he deserves to be the chief of the staff’s assault going ahead. Nevertheless, , which raised extra doubts about his transfer to Actual Madrid.
However the remainder of the staff was not a lot better both, because the Merengues remained on the receiving finish of Liverpool’s assaults for many a part of the sport.
Nevertheless, one participant who may have been excused for a poor efficiency on the evening was truly one of many extra encouraging gamers for Los Blancos, i.e., the defender Raul Asencio.
This was the primary actual check for the not too long ago promoted defender, who has put in some very dependable performances since Eder Militao’s damage within the recreation towards Osasuna. However this recreation towards Liverpool was completely different, as this was the primary time the 21-year-old defender needed to face a facet as harmful because the Reds.
Luckily, the centre-back was one of many few Actual Madrid gamers who may preserve their heads excessive following the ultimate whistle. He made a goal-line clearance within the first half, that saved his staff from happening early within the recreation.
One can argue that he may have achieved higher on Liverpool’s first purpose, as he didn’t put in an efficient block to Mac Allister’s shot that ended up within the purpose. However apart from that, Asencio made only a few errors.
Defensively, he made 4 clearances, 1 interception, and a couple of tackles, 1 of which was a last-man problem, on this recreation, in accordance with . Moreover, he additionally blocked 1 shot and was dribbled previous solely as soon as.
He was fairly dependable with the ball as effectively, as, regardless of Liverpool’s suffocating strain, he accomplished all 24 of his tried passes, thus recording a 100% move completion price. He additionally gained 3 of his 4 floor duels and accomplished his solely tried lengthy move.
With this efficiency, Asencio has additional showcased his capacity to maintain enjoying with the primary staff. Carlo Ancelotti might be notably happy with this efficiency, as he has no different choices for the centre-back place barring Antonio Rudiger.