With the League title under his arm and at the gates of the Champions League final against Liverpool on May 28 at Paris, Carlo Ancelotti he can afford to do massive rotations and give ball to the usual subs to get everyone ready for the big day.
This unusual circumstance at this stage of the season gives rise to unusual images such as those that were experienced yesterday at the Santiago Bernabéu in the duel against Levante, with Eder Militao jokingly acting as assistant coach next to Carletto or see Tony Kroos wearing the captain’s armband in an official match for the first time in his eight seasons at the real Madrid.
The German midfielder, a substitute yesterday, came on for Fede Valverde in the 75th minute at the same time that Jović He entered for Benzema, captain last night due to the absence of the first, Marcelo. When the Frenchman left, the bracelet fell to Nachothe third player with the most years in Madrid after Marcelo Y Benzema.
However, the youth squad only wore the bracelet for seven minutes, which took a while before being changed by Gila. So yes, the captain was Tony Kroos, which he boasted this morning on social networks by hanging two photographs. The German is not even among the top four captains (Marcelo, BenzemaNachos and modric) and is the sixth oldest player in Madrid after those four and Casemiro, who debuted in 2013.
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