Andre Carrillo has been playing in a new position in al hilal and that forces him to have more runs in midfield, especially to support Gustavo Cuéllar and Mohamed Kanno on the mark. However, every time he can and the play allows it, he records his quality. This time he was exposed when he had to face Vinicius Juniorwhom he got rid of with a subtle ‘huacha’.
“Culebra” received the ball in midfield and the Brazilian striker came out to put pressure on him, without expecting that the Peruvian was going to hit him. Due to the same inertia of the play, ‘Vini’ committed a foul and the play had to be restarted with the ball in favor of Al Hilal.
Unfortunately for the interests of the Saudi team, Real Madrid had a dizzying first twenty minutes and quickly went ahead on the scoreboard with goals from Vinícius Júnior himself and Federico Valverde. Ancelotti’s men came out with everything from the initial whistle with the intention of ending the game as quickly as possible.
Real Madrid vs. Al Hilal: what’s next
After this commitment for the Club World Cup final, real Madrid They will have to focus again on LaLiga Santander and concentrate on improving their numbers if they want to battle Barcelona in the fight for the title. On Wednesday, February 15, he will receive a visit from Elche at the Santiago Bernabéu, in the duel scheduled for 3:00 p.m.
Carlo Ancelotti’s pupils are obliged to win if they want to continue in the fight for the championship, especially since on the last date, prior to their trip to Morocco, they lost surprisingly at Mallorca’s home (1-0). Possibly by then they can already count on the return of Thibaut Courtois, the main absentee in the ‘Mundialito’.
al hilalFor their part, they will face Al Fayha for the seventeenth round of the Saudi Professional League and, like Real Madrid, they must win to continue fighting to wrest the lead from Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al Nassr. Those led by Ramón Díaz are fourth in the standings with 32 points, five less than the ‘Bug’ team.
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