A first in the history of Real Madrid
Real Madrid, one of the biggest clubs in Spain, broke new ground in its 120-year history.
Real Madrid lost 2-1 away to Villarreal on matchday 16 of the Spanish First Football League (LaLiga), and the Spanish footballers were not part of Real Madrid’s starting eleven. Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti, who entered the field for the first time in the club’s history with a top 11 without a Spanish player, Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti, against Villarreal 3 French (Aurelien Tchouameni, Ferland Mendy, Karim Benzema), 2 Brazilians (Vinicius Junior and Eder Militao), 2 Germans (Antonio Rüdiger and Toni Kroos preferred to fight 1 Croatian (Luka Modric), 1 Austrian (David Alaba), 1 Belgian (Thibaut Courtois) and 1 Uruguayan (Federico Valverde).
In the second part of the game, Ancelotti took two Spaniards (Min. 64 Lucas Vazquez and Min. 82 Marco Asensio) onto the field. (AA)