Luka Jovic is not in the plans of Los Merengues

The Serbian stayed in the stands against Mallorca, the first time that has happened to him. Six consecutive games without playing and he loses his pulse with Mariano.

All the players were ready for Mallorca

Ancelotti had all the players available when announcing those summoned to travel to Mallorca. He ended up ‘getting off’ the Militao plane, due to a flu process , but even so he had 25 soccer players when only 23 ‘fit’ on the final list. The victims were Fuidias, third goalkeeper, and Luka Jovic. A new setback for the Serb, who disappears just at the moment that, despite not suffering a serious injury, Benzema is covered in cotton for the Clasico against Barca.

The Son Moix clash was the striker’s sixth consecutive time without taking the field, something that until now had not happened to him at Real Madrid. Just as it was the first time that, being available, he was left out of the 23 . The Bijeljina-born striker did not play a minute in the two clashes against PSG in the Champions League, nor in the league matches against Alaves, Rayo Vallecano, Real Sociedad and the aforementioned against the vermilion squad. Mariano’s numbers in this impasse, without being exalted, show that he, for the moment, has won the pulse for being Carletto ‘s second ‘9’. The Hispanic-Dominican played six minutes against Real and remained firm in Monday’s call.

Benzema’s replacement 

A lot has happened since Benzema replaced an injured Benzema on 5th December at Anoeta. That day he gave away his best minutes as a madridista. He assisted Vinicius to break the tie and finished off the final 0-2 with a plate. Green shoots that seemed like a springboard towards a second part of the season full of hope, but the reality has been very different. Since then he has played 296 minutes in the 17 games, two of them with extra time (Barça in the Super Cup and Elche in the Cup), in which he has been available (he missed three due to coronavirus), that is, 18.6% of the total, without having a direct influence on any of the team’s goals.