18-year-old starlet Alvaro Rodriguez had a sensational debut performance, as he produced two assists in dying minutes against Osasuna, despite coming on as a late substitute.

Unfortunately one of his assists was ruled out for offside.

The youngster’s father has now revealed how Federico Valverde has been taking care of his son at the club.

He said: “Fede Valverde is the one who takes care of Alvaro at Real Madrid.

“He’s always with him, he gives him advices. Alvaro is crazy about him. Fede is his second father. He’s helping him a lot.”

Speaking after the game, Ancelotti was full of praise for Rodriguez, and revealed whether the academy product was ready to join the senior team.

“Alvaro Rodriguez is a player with a lot of qualities. He is tall, controls the ball well, he’s great in the air… He can help us a lot, as he did today,” Carlo Ancelotti said after the game against Osasuna.

“It’s not easy to get into Real Madrid’s team being this young. He made the difference in 10 minutes today.

“Promote him to the first team? We have to talk to Raul (Real Madrid Castilla’s coach). He will help us a lot in the future.”

Alvaro Rodriguez is in the squad to face Liverpool later tonight.