Tchouaméni Out and Valverde as Right Winger, Ancelotti's Decision vs Salzburg

Today at 9:00 p.m., Spanish time, Real Madrid plays a game that will be completely decisive for its future in the Champions League. Facing them will be Salzburg, and Ancelotti's team must give their best to earn the 3 points.

Right now, the team's coach, the Italian Carlo Ancelotti, has already announced the starting eleven for the game at Bernabéu.

Real Madrid's starting eleven

These are the eleven players who will start the game today: Courtois, Valverde, Asencio, Rüdiger, Mendy; Modric, Ceballos, Bellingham; Rodrygo, Vinícius, and Mbappé.

As we can see, Carlo Ancelotti has chosen to leave Tchouaméni out of the starting eleven. A rather surprising decision since he is a player of the coach's utmost confidence.

Meanwhile, due to Lucas Vázquez's absence, Fede Valverde will take the right-back position.

Ancelotti spoke yesterday in a press conference before the game

This is what Ancelotti said about the importance of the match: "It is an important match because there is little time left before the first phase of this Champions closes. We have to earn as many points as possible and see where we stand in the rankings."

"Tomorrow's match is vital in this regard. We will try to play it well, as we did in the last one."

Regarding the team's level, he commented: "We have to separate. Offensively, we are performing very well in terms of goals and play. Defensively, we have to improve a lot."

"It will be the key to success this season. If we are able to improve defensively, we will fight until the end in all competitions."

Regarding the possibility of avoiding the preliminary rounds, he said: "The only chances we have depend on winning the two remaining matches. If we have to play the preliminary round, we will play it to the fullest. It is a very demanding schedule, but we are used to it."

After the game, post-discussion on the Defensa Central YouTube Channel

Remember that you can follow the match on the 'minute by minute' on our website DefensaCentral.com during the game.

Afterward, we look forward to seeing you live on the Defensa Central YouTube Channel to talk about everything that happens in this match.

We will be with our regular channel collaborators and with the connection of José Padilla from the stadium and Coto Matamoros and Rodra. We will also follow Carlo Ancelotti's press conference.

All in strict live coverage. We look forward to seeing you!