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#4 Asensio hasn’t made the progress expected of him
Marco Asensio announced himself on the world stage ahead of last season when he scored a wonder goal against Barcelona in the 2017 Spanish Super Cup final.
The youngster had earlier shown much promise on the fringes of the Real squad, including scoring a goal in the final of the 2017 Champions League against Juventus, but found much playing time hard to come by owing to the superior talent present in the Real Madrid dressing room.
He was another player who was expected to benefit from Ronaldo’s departure, as the Portuguese also operated from Asensio’s preferred wing, out on the left, and there was always only going to be only one selected of the two which was undoubtedly the former Real Madrid number 7.
Asensio has seen his role in the team increase greatly since Ronaldo departed, starting most of the club’s matches, but his impact has not been to the scale that was expected.
In seven LaLiga matches, the 22-year-old has scored just one goal, and he has been roundly criticised for his performances during Real’s recent poor run of form, especially against CSKA Moscow in the Champions League.
Marco Asensio is one of the players on whom the attacking burden of Real Madrid is placed, and even though he was not quite expected to hit the heights of Ronaldo, or at least not yet, it was believed that this would be the season where he would truly break out and become one of the world’s truly elite players, but so far, he hasn’t been living up to expectations.
