Sergio Ramos and other Real Madrid reunions with their symbols: fights, clashes, punches, goals… and NegreiraBellingham is on track to be another of the many players to surpass his scoring record under Ancelotti . Benzema, Vinicius, Asensio, Rodrygo and Valverde are some of those who have achieved it in the last two seasons with the Italian leading the white bench.
All of them fell under the ‘scoring spell’ of Ancelotti who, upon his return to Real Madrid , insisted on improving the scoring figures of his most offensive players. Now it is Bellingham that seems to have fallen under this ‘spell’. In his case, with 10 goals already scored at this point, not only is he going to surpass his best scoring record so far (the 14 from last season with Dortmund) , but he is going to pulverize it. Another one for the list of players who have found in Carletto the best ally to multiply their scoring power .Bellingham continues to do his thing with his national team: Two brutal goals in training
“Benzema has to score 50 goals, not 30” . Ancelotti launched that challenge to the white ‘9’ during his presentation in 2021. While Madrid rubbed their hands with Karim’s spectacular numbers , the Italian found them few. Or rather, he had more in his boots. And what seemed like an exaggerated figure, those 50 goals , did not turn out to be so, because the Frenchman was about to reach such a mythical scoring bar. He went up to 44 goals in 21-22 , the best mark of his career and well above the 30 that he had as a personal best. Carletto gave two more twists to the ‘killer’ version of Karim in his final years, coinciding with Cristiano’s departure .
The ‘new’ Vinicius
The case of Vinicius is the most striking and successful of the Italian coach. “He has a lot of quality one on one. I have told him that to score goals he has to give a touch or two, it is difficult to score with four or five touches . He is a very young player who is going to improve”, was the recipe for the Brazilian. And let’s see if he improved. Vinicius went from the six goals he scored in 20-21 to the 22 he celebrated in 21-22, a record improved last season: 23 . He went from being scolded with the goal to being the team’s second top scorer .
Rodrygo: “I don’t like playing as ‘9’”
Rodrygo and Asensio are the other players who had a scoring surge under Ancelotti ‘s heat . The thing about the Brazilian, more than a high, is that his scoring tally literally took off. He fell just short of 20 goals last season (19). Asensio also improved his scoring record with Ancelotti and went up to 12 goals in the last two seasons. Two more scoring records for the coach .
Valverde, a great goal at 107 kilometers per hour and a flood of praise
And then there is the case of Valverde . The challenge of boosting Fede in front of goal was also a personal bet for Ancelotti, and never better said. Because there was even a bet involved to motivate the Uruguayan. “I told Valverde that if he didn’t score more than 10 goals with that foot I had to tear up my coaching card . ” And of course he didn’t break it because Fede went from scoring one goal in 21-22 to the 12 he scored last season , in which until now it is his scoring record.With the Uruguayan there are five scoring ‘records’ that Ancelotti has in his possession since his return to Madrid. The sixth will surely be Bellingham and the seventh could be Joselu , who with five goals scored also aims to surpass the 17 he scored last season with Espanyol. A Carletto who also ‘has’ the scoring records of Cristiano (61) and James Rodríguez (17) in his first stage at Real Madrid.