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Carlo Ancelotti says he will change 4-4-2 formation on one condition

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"We will only change it [the 4-4-2 formation] if the players are not comfortable," 

"It seems good to me not to have a fixed system, it allows us to have the opportunity to vary," the Italian gaffer added. 

Real Madrid have now lost two preseason games playing Ancelotti's new 4-4-2 diamond formation. 

The system takes out the power of a left-winger which is Vinicius Jr's stock in trade. It doesn't allow Madrid t threaten from the right either. 

However, Ancelotti has used this formation to achieve success in the past notably at 

. Hopefully, he can make it work at Real Madrid. 

'We're not used to it': Ancelotti gives verdict on Real Madrid's pre-season, names main aspect to improve

"I would give it a six (out of ten). Offensively, I'm not worried. We've generated a lot, in general. I think we've been in control of the game in the four friendlies. I'm more worried about the defensive side.

"We are not used to this defensive fragility. The defensive aspect needs to be improved, we conceded a lot of goals. There has been a lack of balance and we need to fix that. 

"It's an easy problem to solve. Lowering the defensive block a bit could be a solution".

Indeed, the defensive woes've been quite obvious over the past few weeks as Los Blancos averaged two goals conceded over the last four games.

The Whites desperately need a new, reliable right-back to balance the defence. The 31-year-old 

 playing out of position are just not it anymore.

‘We create a lot of chances’: Ancelotti details stance on false no.9 style after El Clasico loss

When asked if he’ll stick to his current formation without a no.9 after the loss to 

 said: “We have to continue in this path.

“Without a number 9 we create a lot of chances, so we are going to continue with this idea. 5 shots hitting the post? You rarely see that.”

 has mostly acted as an impact substitute from the bench rather than start the key pre-season games for his side.

Real Madrid continue to be linked to a move for Kylian Mbappe, who might fill the no.9 role if he joins from PSG.

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Bring in Mbappe and Replacement for Carvajal ASAP. That’s our problem not the formation. Vini and Rodrygo are wingers, Carvajal and Mendy showed us already in 4 games how their season will be. I wish  Camavinga can play RB lol

AbuConteh

This Formation 4-4-2 isn’t a Bad idea at all, if truly u watched our matches u would see we creates alots of chances and it mks us able to dominate midfield properly. Our problem is not having a prolific Goal scorer and Vini and Rodrigo need to step up to that task scoring goals. We will suffer using 4-3-3 likewise without a prolific experienced goal scorer with less chances created. For now, 4-4-2 is best for us and the players will gel well with it. Be patient guys, Ancelotti is working, the team is working

Mazzysure Mediavibes

That’s our problem we always go for a high pressing system being forgotten that an opponent  use counter to overcome us

I think we need to improve on our finishings , just imagine we did 29 shots against Barca, only shots 7 in target 0 goals
Against Juve  27 shots 7 on target one goal🤦‍♂
They'll still ignore like they dont know we need a quality striker or try to discover the system in which Joselu can score (any player can use the chance)

Muna Poketo

we need a world class attacker and left back please and let this old man go we don't need him

Player		G
Artem Dovbyk	Girona	20
Alexander Sørloth	Villarreal	19
Jude Bellingham	Real Madrid	19
Robert Lewandowski	Barcelona	17
Antoine Griezmann	Atletico Madrid	16

Carlo Ancelotti says he will change 4-4-2 formation on one condition

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