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Let’s start this article with a quiz question: the answer might have been given away by the headline, but this is still a very relevant question when it comes to how Real Madrid’s season has played out.
Which player has featured in the most games in all competitions this season for the European champions? Vinicius Junior? No. Rodrygo? Still no. Eduardo Camavinga? Correct! The young Frenchman has played 52 times so far, once more than Rodrygo. It’s an unbelievable achievement for one of the squad’s newest arrivals, and there could be four more games ahead for him in LaLiga and as many as three in the Champions League as Madrid prepare for their huge, two-legged semifinal clash with Manchester City.
Having started out at the Bernabeu as a promising squad player and impact substitute in the 2021-22 campaign, Camavinga has swiftly become the player Carlo Ancelotti relies on most this season. Since the World Cup, where the 20-year-old reached the final with France, he has been one of the most important members of the team and one of its best performers.
Whether it is in midfield, as we saw against Liverpool in the Champions League quarterfinal, or at left back, like against Barcelona at the Camp Nou for example, “Cama” has been outstanding. He’s even played at left-back in his last seven games for Madrid: the last time he started in midfield was in March in the Clasico against Barcelona.
His switch to left-back — a far cry from his typical deep midfield role — is interesting, too, a shift that dates back to the World Cup. After Lucas Hernandez tore his anterior cruciate ligament in France’s first group game against Australia, Les Bleus manager Didier Deschamps needed an alternative option to his…
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