{"id":3474,"date":"2026-04-13T15:22:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T15:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/3474\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T15:22:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T15:22:12","slug":"underfire-real-madrid-midfielder-believes-he-is-ready-to-start-against-bayern-munich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/3474\/","title":{"rendered":"Underfire Real Madrid midfielder believes he is ready to start against Bayern Munich"},"content":{"rendered":"

In two days, Real Madrid will face off against Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena, aiming to overturn a one-goal deficit from the first leg of their UEFA Champions League quarter-final tie.<\/p>\n

The Merengues lost 1-2 at the Santiago Bernabeu last week, leaving them with an uphill battle heading into the reverse fixture in Germany on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

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What complicates matters further for the Spanish heavyweights is the absence of key midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni. The French international will miss the game due to suspension for accumulation of cards.<\/p>\n

It leaves manager Alvaro Arbeloa with a huge decision to make regarding Tchouameni\u2019s replacement.<\/p>\n

Eduardo Camavinga is seen as the most logical option to fill in for his compatriot<\/a>. But his recent performances against Mallorca and Girona have raised major concerns, with the 23-year-old midfielder coming under intense criticism.<\/p>\n

Camavinga considers himself ready to start<\/p>\n

However, according to journalist Anton Meana on Cadena SER<\/a>, Camavinga believes he is ready to replace Tchouameni in the lineup and start against Bayern Munich on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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Camavinga wants to start vs Bayern. (Photo by Juan Manuel Serrano Arce\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

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Those close to the 23-year-old French international insist that he considers himself physically and mentally prepared to step into the team against the Bavarians in the must-win encounter.<\/p>\n

This comes amid reports suggesting that Arbeloa was considering replacing Camavinga with teenage breakout prospect Thiago Pitarch<\/a> in the starting XI.<\/p>\n

The other three midfield slots are confirmed with Federico Valverde, Arda Guler, and Jude Bellingham all set to start.<\/p>\n

So, the final spot will be a toss-up between Pitarch and Camavinga, and the 23-year-old Frenchman believes he is ready to start.<\/p>\n

There have been talks about his future beyond the season<\/a> as well, but those close to him insist that Camavinga will stay at Real Madrid for a long time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In two days, Real Madrid will face off against Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena, aiming to overturn…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3475,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1055,642,2531,266,2080,640,84,91,82,600,83,819,1236,2532],"class_list":{"0":"post-3474","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-madrid","8":"tag-alvaro-arbeloa","9":"tag-arda-guler","10":"tag-aurelien-tchouameni","11":"tag-bayern-munich","12":"tag-eduardo-camavinga","13":"tag-federico-valverde","14":"tag-girona","15":"tag-jude-bellingham","16":"tag-madrid","17":"tag-mallorca","18":"tag-real-madrid","19":"tag-santiago-bernabeu","20":"tag-uefa-champions-league","21":"tag-uphill-battle"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3474\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}