The situation
Las Vegas, and nothing less than a Clasico, offers the opportunity to see Real Madrid 2022-2023 in action for the first time. The project of the challenge of the Sextete and the defense of the titles of champion of League, Champions and Supercopa of Spain. After two weeks of preseason between Madrid and Los Angeles, the Allegiant Stadium in the city of the game hosts the coming-out of Ancelotti’s team. A first test that will be the time for that, for tests. And distribution of minutes. The starting eleven lined up by the Madrid coach will not look anything like the one that ends the match against the Catalans. Perhaps not even the one who has after passing through the locker room.
The details
They are all hypotheses. What is almost certain is that you will be able to see the only two signings with which the European champion has been reinforced, Rüdiger and Tchouameni. And that in the carousel of changes, it is not a matter of forcing the machine, a good handful of the 27 members of the white expedition will have their chance. Perhaps it is an opportunity to see Hazard in that facet of 9 in which Ancelotti wants to accommodate him as a replacement for Benzema.The Frenchman, who has barely had four training sessions on his legs, stayed in Los Angeles with the injured Carvajal. Ancelotti has only taken two 9s to Las Vegas, Mariano and Latasa, so it could be the first time to see the Belgian at the top. The preseason has already claimed its first victim. Carvajal suffered a slight ankle sprain on Thursday that will prevent him from having the first minutes of the course. That same day he gave Hazard the scare, who did not complete one of the sessions of the day due to muscular overload. The Belgian, however, returned to training on Friday and will play the Clásico.