Eduardo Camavinga has been living a dream come true since joining Real Madrid.
Substitute and uninspired during his last months at Stade Rennais, the young midfielder had joined Madrid in the last hours of the summer transfer window.
A transfer that had made a lot of noise.
At only 18 years old, Eduardo Camavinga joined the pleiad of stars and will have to face fierce competition in midfield with Casemiro, Modric, Kroos or even Valverde.
Although he can be loaned for a season in his training club, Carlo Ancelotti has put his veto and is counting on him.
A choice that could leave you wondering but which no longer forms the shadow of a challenge today.
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Eduardo Camavinga, luxury joker
For his first steps at the Santiago Bernabéu, Eduardo Camavinga naturally took his place on the bench. The time to take the temperature and its marks within the Madrid enclosure which found its players after more than a year of absence. In a complicated match, Carlo Ancelotti called on him and made him enter on the hour mark in place of Eden Hazard. A choice that paid off, since the old keystone of Stade Rennais wasted no time in making its mark, scoring his very first goal in his new colors. After a deflected strike from Luka Modric, Camavinga follows well and takes the ball back into the empty cage.
A successful first, marked by the smile of the principal concerned.
Promising beginnings which do not go unnoticed by Karim Benzema's praise for him testify ("
Eduardo Camavinga is also very young and he will bring us a lot of things
")
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Bis repetita against Inter
Yesterday evening, the native of Miconje in Angola repeated the experience brilliantly. Taking place on the bench during the difficult meeting of his family against a valiant team of Inter. The Madrilenians suffer in the first half, before putting a little foot on the ball, without finding the fault. At 10 minutes from time, Carlo Ancelotti decides to bring new blood by releasing Modric for Camavinga. The master leaves his place for his young apprentice. A decision that paid off since 9 minutes later, Camavinga combined with Valverde and sent a subtle ball to Rodrygo, also entered during the game, who ended up facing Handanovic. The front page of Marca "
que grandes los ninos
" highlights this young Madrid guard who put Real Madrid into orbit on Wednesday night.
A new feat of Camavinga which inevitably attracts attention. Satisfied, his coach is measured and seeks to protect his player "
Camavinga can play for Real Madrid, we recruited him for that. We have to be patient with him, but he has a lot of qualities. He must improve the defensive aspect
. "
At the microphone of
Canal +
, Eduardo Camavinga also calms the game "
The dream continues, we must not stop at that we have a match on Sunday to play. Carlo told me that there would be a lot of spaces, it benefited me. It was necessary to be fair, the daily work pays, I also have a lucky star. We struggled during the match but at 0-0 we still had to believe it and we knew how to seize the opportunity.
"
Known by captain Karim Benzema, supported by his trainer Carlo Ancelotti, and praised by a public visibly under the spell, Eduardo Camavinga endorses a capital of confidence for the next deadlines. In a team where the executives in his post are increasingly aging, Camavinga appears as the succession designated to control the Madrid midfield in the years to come.