The Spanish defender was benched during the first UEFA Champions League fixture against the Premier League champions, Manchester City, but he has now returned to the starting eleven.
Jose Mourinho decided to bench his best centre-back while facing one of the best teams in Europe, Manchester City.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roberto-c31294 Mancini’s Manchester City were considered to be a side who will give a tough time to the Spanish champions, Real Madrid.
Even though Los Blancos won the game against the Premier League champions, they were given a run for their money as the match ended in a close 3-2 win for the Spanish giants.
Before the game, many thought that Mourinho is going to field his favourite eleven against a team like Manchester City.
However, the Portuguese tactician decided to bench one of his most favourite players in the team, Sergio Ramos.
The Spanish defender has been playing in almost all the fixtures which Real Madrid have played since the last season.
In fact, Ramos was first utilized as a right-back by Los Blancos; however, Mourinho decided to change his position as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ricardo-Carvalho-c30973 was not performing at his best in the centre-back role.
Therefore, Ramos changed his role from being a right full-back, to a centre-back.
The Spaniard now plays alongside the Portuguese star, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pepe-c29670, and the two players form an exquisite partnership right in the centre of defence.
Therefore, while he was benched against Manchester City, many assumed that there must be something wrong in the Real Madrid locker room.
However, as Real Madrid are planning to face Rayo Vallecano in the Spanish La Liga, Mourinho has revealed the starting line-up for his side and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sergio-Ramos-c33096 has been named in the list.
While Raphael Varane was the player who played in the Champions League fixture against Manchester City, the youngster is going to be benched for now as now it can be revealed that Mourinho only wanted to give the French centre-back an experience of European
football.
Real Madrid are currently eleven points behind the league leaders and their arch-rivals, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604, who most recently won their La Liga fixture against Granada, accumulating five wins out of five in the Spanish Primera Division.
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