Carlo Ancelotti has had enough and has decided to intervene in the penalty issue. Real Madrid has been awarded eight penalties and missed three shots.
Ancelotti left the decision to take penalties in the hands of his players. He wanted their own feelings on the field to decide who would take them.
Three Missed Penalties in Half a Season
However, the experiment hasn't gone well and Ancelotti has decided to intervene in the matter.
Mbappé, Vinícius, and Bellingham are the three in charge of the shots and they were the ones who decided on the shooter until now.
Bellingham missed in Valencia. Mbappé missed at Anfield and San Mamés. On all three occasions, Real Madrid was losing 1-0.
This is how Ancelotti indicated it: "It bothers me that we've missed three penalties. I think I have to take the responsibility to decide who will take them." This way, he makes his position and decision to intervene in the matter clear.
Self-Management is Over
Self-management is over. From now on, Ancelotti himself will decide who will take the penalty before the match starts.
Eduardo Inda already made it clear on El Chiringuito that the self-management of the players was not liked at all in Real Madrid's command post. Ancelotti was informed that he should be the one to make the decisions as the team's technical manager. The Italian coach accepts the challenge.
"There's annoyance about the penalty issue because there's self-management. That's fine at times, but when you resort to self-management in penalties, you run the risk of what happened happening. Especially when you don't know who's going to take it and the coach doesn't give precise orders."
New Year, New Life
The journalist from OKDiario added: "That's not liked at the management. Against Getafe, Rodrygo was going to take it, the crowd asked for Mbappé. They looked at Ancelotti and they didn't know what to do."
"It's a real chaos and this is the coach's fault. All coaches decide the penalty takers, free kicks, throw-ins..."
New year, new life. At Real Madrid, there will be new guidelines for taking penalties.