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Board Gambling discussion
Re: UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Season
by
Frankolala
on 06/12/2024, 16:00:41 UTC
Real Madrid are a really special team... Let's take the last season as an example. They weren't in their best shape right? But what happened? They still managed to win the Champions League title.  Grin

This wasn't because of luck. You can't go all that way to the end only thanks to being lucky. We are talking about one of the biggest European tournaments. This season they are going even worse here. Seeing them at the 24th position can make people think whether they will say goodbye early. But I don't think so. They have been struggling with injuries too. I believe we will still see the same competitive Real Madrid sooner or later.
Yeah they were struggling from the group stage.

Few match ended dramatic because they won by comeback in the last minutes, they even an underdog in final match, really crazy to follow how Real Madrid can become a champion.

I think Ancelotti will take a big move, which is put Mbappe on bench.

Real Madrid has often come from behind but they cannot afford to take it lightly this time as this is the first time the new format has been introduced, so if they don't take it seriously then they might just get knocked out. I agree that Ancelotti should have started thinking about benching Mbappe because besides being an option, it might make Mbappe better. There are times when a player can be better when he is left on the bench because he will reflect and try to improve himself to become a starter again.
This is not the time to bench Mbappe, because the squad is not complete and Vini is still on injury. If Mbappe does not want to improve his performance and pick form, when most of the players are back to fitness, Mbappe can be on the bench so that he can know that he's not playing as expected. I just hope that Real Madrid can qualify to the second round if not the competition will not be that interesting.