AVANT-MATCH. 02/02/2023. Rodrigo Salamanca
Real Madrid receives Valencia in the postponed match corresponding to the 17th day of La Liga (9 p.m.).
Real Madrid face Valencia at the Santiago Bernabéu in their first game of a demanding month of February, which was postponed due to the Supercopa de España. Our team will try to start its week with a victory in the two league matches (it goes to Mallorca on Sunday).
This will be the second duel between the two teams in less than a month. Ancelotti’s men won once morest Valencia at the end of the penalty session in the semi-final of the Spanish Super Cup. This time around, Real Madrid and Valencia meet at the Bernabéu, where our team remains unbeaten this season.
“The team has confidence and will fight for everything,” Ancelotti said in press conference pre-game. The Italian can once more count on Carvajal and Tchouameni in a list of summoned players which also features Benzema. The captain has scored five times in the last three home games once morest Valencia in La Liga.
The adversary’s forces
Real Madrid’s opponent arrives at the Bernabéu with Voro in charge of the team, following the departure of Gattuso. Valencia sit fourteenth in La Liga with a record of five wins, five draws and eight defeats. His top scorer in the league is Cavani, with five goals.
