Real Madrid is one step away from the title. When a really great tennis player has a swing, he will play it, says Carlo Ancelotti with confidence

Real Madrid can already decide their top spot in this year’s La Liga on Saturday afternoon, with just one point against Espanyol. Carlo Ancelotti has no doubts about this success in front of his own fans and he has even bigger challenges ahead of him.

Real Madrid have had a really great league season, with both Atlético Madrid and Barcelona dropping points virtually from the start, and the royal team have managed to take perfect advantage of this, basking at the top with a 14 point lead over second placed Sevilla.

Karim Benzema is the team’s main goal scorer, with 25 goals and 11 assists. But he is well supported by Vinícius Júnior, who has contributed to 22 goals for the White Ballet.

But we can’t forget the still excellent midfield and solid defence. It is the back line that Ancelotti has big problems with, as Vallejo and Marin are likely to appear in the middle. However, the Italian coach also spoke at the press conference about the possible deployment of Casemiro along with the aforementioned Vallejo.

Most likely, we will see a Real Madrid “reserve” team trying to get the aforementioned point, which would mean an outbreak of celebrations at the Santiago Bernabéu.

“After the Manchester City game, the players immediately switched to the Espanyol game. When a really great tennis player has a swing, he plays it,” Ancelotti was heard saying at the pre-match press conference.

In addition, Espanyol is also already quietly finishing the league table, with a nine-point lead over 18th-placed Granada from 13th place. This fact also plays into his hands, but on the other hand, it must be borne in mind that these are Catalans who will never give anything to Madrid teams for free.

In addition, in this match, the league’s second top scorer Raúl de Tomás (15 goals), whom Real Madrid brought up and sold in the summer of 2019 for 20 million euros to Benfica, which sent him back to Spain for a season and a half with a profit of 2.5 million euros, will definitely want to show off.

Source: Marca, Whoscored