Ancelotti Keeps an Ace Up His Sleeve for the Final, Could Be Decisive Against Barça

After the match against Getafe at the Coliseum, Carlo Ancelotti solved one of the most recent doubts about his starting eleven for the match against FC Barcelona. The Copa del Rey final now occupies all debates and analyses, especially from a Real Madrid perspective: Eduardo Camavinga was absent yesterday due to an injury, the extent of which is still unknown.

Meanwhile, everything points to the French '6' not being on the roster that Carlo Ancelotti might make for this important match at La Cartuja. That's why some asked him in the press conference what his choice would be for the left-back position, given the injuries of both Eduardo Camavinga and Ferland Mendy.

The response from the white team's coach was immediate: Fran García will be chosen to occupy that defensive position against FC Barcelona. However, from 'El Chiringuito de Jugones', they would have revealed Carlo Ancelotti's plans to try to change his luck in that specific defensive position for the merengue team. Because the Italian strategist will wait until the end for an injured player.

According to José Luis Sánchez, Real Madrid's medical services "are confident in recovering Mendy to play against Barcelona on Saturday". This journalist and panelist recalls that the French '23' "trained with the team on Tuesday, today he did some work, he has Thursday and Friday, and they are confident he will be the left-back".

We'll See What Happens

José Luis Sánchez reveals that Real Madrid would be working tirelessly to make Ferland Mendy's recovery a reality before next Saturday, April 26, a really complicated task. The journalist reveals that the French footballer "is defensively better" than any other option Carlo Ancelotti might currently consider.

That defensive security is precisely what the Reggiolo coach would be looking for ahead of the Copa del Rey final against FC Barcelona. Although Real Madrid's plan could be executed with just a few hours' difference, Josep Pedrerol doesn't seem very convinced of that course of action.

"Putting a player in the final because he has trained twice in two days seems like an unnecessary risk" that Real Madrid couldn't take. However, the Copa del Rey final is one of the decisive matches for the course of the current season and could change the dynamics recorded so far.

Meanwhile, Carlo Ancelotti has pointed to Fran García as his first choice for the left-back position against FC Barcelona... while he waits for Ferland Mendy to return to be part of the Copa del Rey final. The final decision will depend on the physical condition of the French '23', as well as the risks Ancelotti himself wishes to take with his player.