Real Madrid vs Celta Vigo Copa Del Rey Line Up: Six Big Changes

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Real Madrid head coach Carlo Ancelotti will make six interesting changes to the starting line-up when they host Celta Vigo in the Copa del Rey round of 16 on Thursday.

Ancelotti is back under fire following the 5-2 loss in the Spanish Super Cup final to bitter rivals FC Barcelona at the weekend.

He criticized his team for not playing football in the first half and defending poorly, and on Tuesday the fallout and post-mortem continued when Ancelotti was called to an “urgent” meeting with the club’s chief executive and held a large press conference with the media to preview Celta Vigo the tie.

“I have one thing to clarify. This is a press conference and not a debate, I am doing the debate with the coaching staff and my players. Opening a debate here does not seem to me the most appropriate place,” he said first. , prior to discussing lack of engagement.

“The word commitment is used a lot because it is such an important aspect of the game. Added to the quality is what makes you successful. We lacked commitment from all of us because the most important thing is to put individual commitment together, that is, what happened to us in the game against Barcelona,” Ancelotti stated.

“The evaluation of the game was that it was a bad game defensively on all lines and there is nothing more to add,” he also said.

At the same sitdown, Ancelotti confirmed that Andriy Lunin will be the goalkeeper and not Thibaut Courtois as part of his first major change.

Fran Garcia comes in for Ferland Mendy at left-back, while Raul Asencio replaces Aurelien Tchouameni to partner Toni Rudiger, while right-back Lucas Vazquez keeps his place.

With Eduardo Camavinga, Fede Valverde and Jude Bellingham all fired, we see a different midfield three of Dani Ceballos, Aurelien Tchouameni and Luka Modric.

While Vinicius Jr. is on the left wing, Rodrygo is cut to the right, allowing Brahim Diaz to enter the fold.

Mbappe scored inside five minutes against Barca and was one of the few clear notes for Madrid in El Clasico, and is again the central No.9 hoping to help his side guarantee qualification for the Copa del Rey quarter-finals.