Numerous casualties and bad feelings in Madrid to play the Cup in Villarreal

For the Real Madrid, January begins to lucir like a month of terror. After the deafening fall in the final of the Supercopa Spanish in front of the FC Barcelona (1-3), the ones of Carlo Ancelotti have to visit this Thursday to the Villarreal by the eighth of final of the Glass of Rey, a stage in which they already fell this year by League (2-1 on 7 January). The numerous absences by injury and the moral drop can derive in a week nefasta for the 'White House' in which they escape them two titles.

Without Dani Cevallos, Lucas Vázquez, David Praises, Ferland Mendy, Aurélien Tchouaméni, Luka Modric neither Fede Valverde, the Italian technician will have to improvise an alignment in which the defence goes back to be the weak point. Nacho will have to occupy of the left side, whereas Éder Militao will follow suit by right. Like head offices, Antonio Rüdiger will have to do pair with Jesús Vallejo up to now descartado in the season, although the option to see to the canterano Vinícius Tobías by right follows on the table.

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The team has left a very bad image the Sunday in the Classical, which confirmed the bajón 'merengue' after the World-wide. The Madrid grieve sum a triumph this month (0-1 in front of the humble Cacereño), since in the semis of the Supercopa could not happen of the tie in front of Valencia (1-1, 4-3 p.), In front of the possibility to accumulate a new failure in Glass, Ancelotti knows that a defeat in The Ceramic can throw to the half fret season in hardly a week.

"We have had injuries that have affected us a bit more and was not predictable. Not being to tope is quite normal. We have to hold this month. We think that tomorrow it is important although all the world gives by dead person to the Madrid. We have to give the calm and the confidence, is a period complicated in front of rivals that have a good dynamic", explained the one of Reggiolo in the previous press conference to the party of the Thursday.

Ancelotti Calls to the calm

Consulted by a possible "end of cycle" anticipated after the bathroom in the Classical, the Italian called to the calm. "It is a young team although all the world speaks of Modric, Kroos or of Benzema, but already there were youngsters and there is more than have arrived this year. I think that we are in the start of a cycle. It is a moment of transition from a fantastic period to another", sentenced 'Carletto'. In front of the Villarreal, only Kroos will be in the field.