Asensio, Additional Option for Real Madrid Under Lopetegui

DBasia.news – Julen Lopetegui, the 51-year-old Real Madrid coach is experimenting to keep the squad’s quality after the megastar Cristiano Ronaldo exit. Especially in maintaining the goal shooting since Ronaldo has been the top scorer for El Real for 9 years.

It would be difficult (if not impossible) to replace Ronaldo who scored 40 to 45 goals for each season. But, in order to keep the balance and sharpness of scoring goals, Lopetegui will maximize the squad.

Madrid have the combination of young and senior players with no dependence on Ronaldo. The collectivity used by Lopetegui through his experiment, including when he played Marco Asensio, a wing striker, as the false nine during the match against Juventus.

Madrid won 3-1 against Juventus in the preseason friendly match, where Asensio who entered the second round scored two goals. He played the role of false nine well and gave the option for Lopetegui. Asensio could be the alternative or secret weapon of Madrid if Karim Benzema or Gareth Bale couldn’t score any goal.

“It’s an option. Pre-season is a time when we can test different things and what we need to do is look for resources or different ideas within the team,” said Lopetegui reported by AS.

“It was good to see him play at that position and he played extremely well. It’s not important where he plays but how he plays,” the former FC Porto and Spain national team coach continued.

Maximizing the Spanish players’ talent is one of the benefits of choosing Lopetegui as the successor of Zinedine Zidane. He knew the Spain national team players like Asensio, Isco, Dani Carvajal, Sergio Ramos, Alvaro Oriodzola, and Lucas Vazquez.