Real Madrid before confronting Arsenal .. The attack is a striking and defense is fragile

Real Madrid has a striking offensive power, but it suffers from a defensive fragility that Arsenal seeks to exploit, when they face Tuesday (11:00 Emirates time) in the first leg of the Champions League quarter -final.
The Royal Club attackers have always been able to cover the defensive defects of the team, similar to what happened during the loss against Valencia 1-2 in the domestic league on Saturday.
This loss led to Real four points away from the leaders Barcelona, ​​and the defeat was the tenth in all competitions this season, while he only received two defeats throughout the last season on his way to crown the local league and Champions League titles.
Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti attributes the reasons in some aspects to the arrival of Killian Mbappe from Paris Saint -Germain, which gave Real an additional boost in the attack at the expense of defense tendency at the back.
Brazilian Vinicius Junior, Rodrigo and English Jude Bellingham were the pillars of the European champion 15 times last season, before Mbappe joined them to form a quadruple.
German midfielder Tony Kroos lost last summer because of his retirement, which lost the team’s hardness and accuracy in the midfield.
“This year we were more effective in the attack because of the arrival of Mbappe, who scored 33 goals, but there is more suffering in defense,” Ancelotti said.
“When you have to choose, it may happen … We are thinking about reaching this event and doing more collective in defense,” he added.
Things are worse on the Spanish capital team, where French defensive midfielder, Aurelian Chaamini, is absent from the upcoming match at the Emirates Stadium due to the suspension.
Also, Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois and Ukrainian Andrei Lunin were absent due to physical problems, which gave the field against Fran Gunsalis, 19, to play his first match against Valencia, but they may be ready before the Tuesday match.
“I think we can restore them,” said Ancelotti after losing to Valencia.
Commenting on Real’s receiving a goal via Hugo Douro in the 95th minute, the “Myster” continued, “The opponents do not need to work a lot in order to score in front of us.”
The loss came four days after the royal team received four goals at home against Real Sociedad in the Spanish Cup, despite its qualification to resolve the total confrontation 5-4.
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Real also lost to Liverpool, the Italian Milan and the French night in the role of the group from the prestigious continental competition, to have to play the attachment as it outperformed Manchester City 6-3 in the total of the two games.
That confrontation highlighted the new approach to the Spain champion, where Mbabe scored four goals against the shaky City goal, but a more deadly opponent will be able to exploit defensive fragility.
On the other hand, “Los Blancos” did not lose any match on his way to the Wembley final in the continental competition last season.
Real problems this season deepened in the absence of veteran Danny Carvajal and Brazilian Eder Milito, while the Austrian David Alaba recently returned and is still far from his usual level.
Real did not conclude any defensive deals last summer, although it is the side that needs to be strengthened.
Ancelotti turned his attention to relying on Rawoul Asensio, 22, despite the lack of complete imposition of himself, while German Antonio Rudger and the team’s defense and the team defense continuously entrusted his shoulders.
In addition to Mbappe,
Ancelotti faces some responsibility against the background of his inability to communicate what is required of his attackers, as the Italian explained in Mbappe in October, “It is better to score goals instead of practicing pressure,” while at other times he demanded a double work from the French international and Vinicius.
But Ancelotti hopes that Mbappe and his companions can score more than to receive goals, at a time when he continues to work to secure the desired balance between attack and defense!