Call Asensio Found The Right Position At Real Madrid, Ancelloti: He Has Quality, He Shoots Very Well

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JAKARTA - Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti believes winger Marco Asensio has found his best position in the Los Blancos squad this season.

"(Asensio) can do well there, in positions between the two lines. It's a position where he can make a lot of impact because he has quality, he shoots really well, he combines well with the strikers. his position," Ancelotti explained to Marca as quoted by Antara, Thursday.

In the Spanish League match against Mallorca on Wednesday night local time, Marco Asensio again showed his spurs by scoring a hat-trick for Los Blancos.

Ancelotti fielded a new 4-2-3-1 formation with Marco Asensio on the left side of Los Blancos' attack and managed to put in one of his best performances so far.

Ancelotti said his players started very well in this new formation and played with high intensity and aggressiveness up front.

The Italian coach said his squad managed to understand well the formation he was applying and this bodes well for the whole squad.

"We started well. We took turns playing less and playing with a lot of intensity. We were more aggressive and up front. We haven't worked on it but we talked about it and the players understand it well. The players who haven't played much are ready and that's a good sign for the whole squad," said Ancelotti.

In this match, Real Madrid won 6-1 over Mallorca thanks to two goals from Karim Benzema, three goals from Marco Asensio and another from Isco.

Thanks to this victory, Real Madrid topped the Spanish League standings with 16 points from the 6 matches they have lived.

Although he is no longer playing regularly, Marco Asensio has been recorded as a part of Real Madrid since 2014 and was loaned out to Mallorca and Espanyol in 2014-2016.

With Real Madrid, Marco Asensio made 133 appearances and scored 18 goals and presented several prestigious titles for Los Merengues.