Tomás Guasch Announces What Real Madrid Must Do to Beat Atlético and City

Real Madrid is facing two weeks that could be fantastic or terrible for the course of the current season. The first big challenge ahead for Carlo Ancelotti's players is a Madrid classic, full of tension, which puts the LaLiga leadership at stake. After that clash, the merengue players will have a two-legged tie against Manchester City.

The doubts with which the white club arrives at these three important matches for the short-term competitive future awaken unfriendly forecasts for the white club. Tomás Guasch hasn't held back his opinion about what can be expected regarding the performance of the Madrid players. "I don't share the theory of those who say that Real Madrid faces a great defensive test against Atlético de Madrid and Manchester City", the panelist points out.

"The challenge is with the attack" due to the number of goals the journalist demands from the merengue forward line: "if they don't score three goals per match, it will be very difficult". Players like Kylian Mbappé or Rodrygo Goes will have to give their all to help secure victory against other forwards of great caliber. "Imagine if Madrid could line up Carvajal, Militão, Rüdiger, Alaba, even so, all those forwards could still score goals", Tomás Guasch understands.

Footballers like Erling Haaland, Julián Álvarez, Phil Foden, or Alexander Sorloth are great threats to the white club, but "the challenge is to score three goals". Tomás Guasch's insistence on boosting Real Madrid's attack for the upcoming duels is justified "because it would be unusual for all three matches to end in a goalless draw".

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"If they are capable of doing it, of coming out unscathed, as leaders, and staying alive in the Champions... they won't have won a title, but it would be worth going to Cibeles three or four times", the journalist concludes about the ordeal awaiting the white club these two weeks.

The idea conveyed by Tomás Guasch about the form of Real Madrid's attack places the focus on players accustomed to pressure. Footballers like Kylian Mbappé, Rodrygo Goes, or Vinícius are the center of attention in the lead-up to the classic. Because that could be the key, especially at Santiago Bernabéu, to tilt a crucial match in the course of the current league campaign.

In any case, Carlo Ancelotti's tactical approaches are not only focused on his strikers. The Reggiolo coach seems to have very few doubts that Kylian Mbappé, Rodrygo Goes, Vinícius, and Jude Bellingham should form the attack. It is other positions, such as the right-back, the center of the defense, or the pivot position, that generate mixed feelings in the leader of the technical staff for those commitments.

Real Madrid must go all out for a high-intensity match. Tomás Guasch will be closely watching what happens at Santiago Bernabéu, focusing on the merengue forwards because, for him, the best defense is a good attack.