The Club World Cup does not come at a very favorable time for Real Madrid. In the quest for their fifth trophy in this competition, the Madrid team traveled in the midst of the championship race with Barcelona (the reigning champions are eight points behind) and ahead of the clash with Liverpool in the round of 16 of the Champions League.It is clear that the focus of Carlo Ancelotti’s team will not be at the highest level, and the atmosphere in the team is disturbed by injuries. First of all Karim Benzema, then Thibaut Courtois, Eder Militao, Eden Hazard and Lucas Vazquez. The four did not travel with the team to Rabat, but Benzema, Courtois and Militao are registered for the competition and could play in the Saturday’s final.Ancelotti has taken 22 players on the road to compete for the team against Egyptian giants Al Ahly, champions of Africa, in tomorrow’s semi-final (22.00). In the case of a positive outcome of that match, Madrid will play in the final against Brazilian Flamengo or Saudi Al Hilal, who will meet tonight also at 22:00.##NAJAVA_MECA_7007030##The list of Real Madrid’s passengers for Rabat includs: goalkeepers Lunin, Lopez, Cañizares, defenders Carvajal, Alaba, Vallejo, Nacho, Odriozola, Rudiger, Marvel, midfielders Kroos, Modric,Camavinga, Valverde, Tchouameni, Ceballos, Martin, Arribas and forwards Asensio, Vinicius, Rodrygo and Mariano.At a press conference in Morocco, the Italian expert explained the decision to license the aforementioned trio of slightly injured players.”They are on the list because we believe they can recover by Saturday, but they have stayed in Madrid so they can go to therapy. If we get to the final and they feel good, then they will join us on Thursday,” Ancelotti said.Al Ahly set up a Club World Cup semi-final 🆚 Real Madrid 🇪🇬🦅 pic.twitter.com/JfW0HnTZWI— 433 (@433) February 4, 2023 The coach of the Royal Club pointed out that he is glad to be visiting Morocco, where his club has a large number of fans, and spoke about the importance of the Club World Cup.”We have the opportunity to make our many fans happy, but we also want a new impulse for the challenges ahead of us until the end of this season.”
