Ferland Mendy already sees the light at the end of the tunnel after more than five months out due to injury and everything indicates that his return to the pitch could take place on October 19 against Shakhtar in Kiev. The French winger has spent several training sessions working at the same pace as his teammates and the prediction of Carlo Ancelotti, who at the end of September said that after the break he would be “fit to play”, is getting closer and closer to coming true.
The recovery of Ferland Mendy, who has not played since May 5, is a great relief for the Italian coach, criticized in recent weeks for the defensive weakness shown by the white team against Villarreal, the Sheriff of Tiraspol and Espanyol .
Ancelotti has not found the key to find the balance and has stumbled sterile in search of a defense of guarantees so far he has not appeared. The losses of Mendy and Marcelo forced the coach to improvise emergency solutions and up to four different players have occupied the left-back position in the 10 games that Real Madrid have played this season. He started with Alaba, turned to the youth squad Miguel Gutiérrez, Nacho held the position on several occasions and even Camavinga played a few minutes in the defeat against the Sheriff.
The return of Mendy (and also that of Marcelo) can straighten the course of Madrid, at least as far as the rear is concerned, since it recovers its two troops for the left-handed side. The Frenchman was the undisputed starter for Zinedine Zidane and his defensive qualities, in addition, may allow Ancelotti to form with a system of three centrals together with Militao and Alaba, the Italian’s fixed on the axis.
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