Carlo Ancelotti finally revealed why two of Real Madrid's brightest young stars have barely logged any minutes over the last month.
Real Madrid keeps making headlines for all the wrong reasons. The defending European and Spanish champions suffered back-to-back home defeats for the first time since May 2009. Ancelotti's men conceded four goals against Barcelona at the Santiago Bernabéu and then three to AC Milan in the following match. Los Blancos did not score from open play in either fixture.
The issues stunting Real Madrid's attack, featuring two of the best players in the world in Kylian Mbappé and Vinícius Júnior, have yet to be solved 17 games into the season. Despite the lack of production up top, Ancelotti has not given many opportunities to players like Endrick and Arda Güler to provide the team with a spark off the bench.
Ancelotti was asked about Endrick in his pre-match press conference ahead of Real Madrid's La Liga clash with Osasuna and the manager gave some insight into his recent decisions.
"[Endrick is] ready to play, doing very well, showing a lot of quality in training," he said. "I say the same about Güler. They are young people who are pushing. But the collective idea is to turn things around as quickly as possible. Can you do that with them? Yes. But the objective is to turn it around, that is the priority. Not to give minutes to one player or another.”
