Los Blancos’ opportunity to rise

Madrid, Beritasatu.com – Real Madrid is trying to recover from a crushing defeat in the duel El Clasico when they host Italian giants AC Milan in the Champions League, Wednesday (6/11/2024) morning at around 03.00 WIB.

Los Blancos have collected six points from three Champions League matches this season, and occupy 12th position in the standings. Meanwhile, Milan has only collected three points from three matches and is in 25th position.

After a crushing 0-4 defeat to Barcelona in the duel El ClasicoMadrid players got extra rest time because last weekend’s match in the Spanish League was cancelled. Madrid was supposed to face Valencia, but was postponed because the visiting club’s area was hit by flash floods.

Thus, Carlo Ancelotti’s troops have not played a match since 27 October 2024.

Madrid players must be able to overcome their nine points behind Barcelona in the Spanish League standings. At the start of this week their main focus was the Champions League.

In three matches, Madrid was able to beat strong teams Stuttgart and Borussia Dortmund. However, they surprisingly narrowly lost 0-1 to French club Lille.

Many Madrid fans believe, Los Blancos has not been at his best this season and has lost two of his last five matches in all competitions.

Madrid has met Milan in 15 meetings. Both clubs have both recorded six wins. Rossoneri AC Milan’s nickname has only won once at the Bernabeu, namely in the 2009/2010 Champions League group stage.

This is proof that Madrid’s home ground is indeed difficult for players from the fashion city of Milan to conquer.

The last six meetings between the two took place in the Champions League group stage, with Milan recording two wins.

Milan lost their opening two Champions League matches this season against Liverpool and Bayer Leverkusen. They just won 3-1 over Club Brugge in the last match.

Paulo Fonseca’s club came to the Bernabeu with a 1-0 win over Monza last weekend. Milan have collected 17 points from their opening 10 matches in the Italian League Serie A season 2024/2025, and occupy seventh position in the standings.

Team Condition

Facing Milan, hosts Madrid played again without Dani Carvajal, Thibaut Courtois, Rodrygo and David Alaba. Meanwhile Antonio Rudiger is expected to be fit despite concerns over his recent knee problem.

Ancelotti will be able to select the strongest starting 11 available due to the fact that his team has not been in action since El Clasico.

Vinicius Junior and Kylian Mbappe will appear as two attackers. Meanwhile, Luka Modric may be favored over Aurelien Tchouameni in midfield, because Ancelotti wants more control in that area of ​​the field.

Meanwhile for Milan, Luka Jovic, Matteo Gabbia, Ismael Bennacer and Alessandro Florenzi are absent due to injury. However, Tammy Abraham will be available to play.

Rafael Leao played from the bench against Monza. This season the Portuguese striker only scored one goal. Fonseca has hinted that Rafael Leo will be in the squad against Real Madrid.

Emerson Royal and Ruben Loftus-Cheek are also expected to be recalled after the Monza clash. Apart from that there must be a place at center forward for former Real Madrid striker Alvaro Morata.

Estimated line-up

Real Madrid: Lunin (GK), Vazquez, Militao, Rudiger, Mendy, Valverde, Camavinga, Modric, Bellingham, Vinicius, Mbappe.

AC Milan: Maignan (GK), Royal, Thiaw, Tomori, Hernandez, Loftus-Cheek, Fofana, Reijnders, Pulisic, Morata, Leao.