18-year-old Mastantono, why is he able to beat Rodrigo to become the starter of Real Madrid

Because Barcelona lost to Sevilla away, Real Madrid, after losing in the Madrid derby, once again returned to the top of the La Liga standings with their victory against Villarreal.

However, the atmosphere in Real Madrid is not very harmonious. In addition to the complaints between Wennihus and Valverde, French authoritative media reported that Rodrigo and Dias expressed doubts about the 18-year-old Mastantono's appearance ranking before them.

Especially Mastantono did not show his excellent ability. It is indeed a bit unexpected for him to surpass many big-name stars to take the start.

In fact, the reason for such an arrangement is that under Alonso's tactical system, there are actually only two real midfielders (Joan Ammeni and Valverde), especially when he used Gulaire before, he was weak in defense and could not be regarded as a serious central defender.

After all, under the modern football system, 4 midfielders or midfield players are a normal value, and at least 3 midfield players must have guaranteed the minimum. So Alonso asked Mastantono to hit the right because he took into account some of the central avant-garde attributes.

18-year-old Mastantono is very active on the defensive end and has a good confrontational temperament, which makes Alonso feel that his tactics can be relatively balanced.

If Rodrigo is used to hit the right side, then Real Madrid will have 4 attackers, more like 424, which is more unbalanced on both offense and defense, which is not conducive to Alonso's requirement to implement on-site counter-grabbing and grab secondary offensive opportunities.

So the success rate of superb feet is not high. Mastantono, who has not truly demonstrated his creativity, can become Real Madrid's starter because he can take into account both part of the wing and part of the middle lane attributes.

However, after Bellingham's return, Mastantono's positioning may change. After all, Bellingham takes into account the midfield, and Guillail has strong ability to pass the ball directly and will not be given up by Alonso.

Because you want to release Mbappe's speed advantage, then Gulaire's passing habits are very important. If he continues to be reused, he may replace Mastantono and go to that right-wing character.

However, 18-year-old Mastantono will still be an important tactical pawn under Alonso. He can get more playing time, at least it will be good news for the Argentina national team.

After all, this player has a strong long-range shooting ability and may become a surprise in the game. If he can grow up smoothly, perhaps he may bring surprises to Argentina fans in the next World Cup.