If Carlo Ancelotti attends the casualties in defense to justify the back mismatches of the white team, this stoppage will allow him to forget about that problem. The Italian plans in conjunction with the entity's medical team to recover three important players in one fell swoop during this national team break that will begin on Monday. Carvajal, Mendy and Marcelo have a return date and it will be for the 17th on the trip to the Champions of Kiev given the postponement of Real Madrid-Athletic. Almost one new defense for Carletto. To this we must add the reinstatements of Isco and Asensio, who did not travel to Barcelona on Saturday due to muscular discomfort.
The Italian coach himself confirmed it this Saturday in the preview of the match against Espanyol and has been insisting that does not want to force, especially Carva and Mendy. The former is going through a difficult time due to the concatenation of muscle injuries (five between last season and so on) and the French full-back is practically a mystery. A tibial injury from which he finally seems to be able to get out and for which he lost a considerable amount of muscle mass in the affected leg. Mendy has not yet started this course because it has dragged on that problem since the end of last season and He starts from scratch, because the man who asked for his signing (Zidane) is now gone …
The return of Carvajal will mean, if the planning temporary, a respite for Ancelotti to whom Carvajal's absences have complicated the matter of the right back, given that doesn't seem to fully trust Lucas. Without Carvajal, the Galician has been rotating in that place, but also Nacho and in the last two games, Fede Valverde. Emergency solutions.
Marcelo, support for Miguel
The last to return would be Marcelo, the player who least takes away Ancelotti's sleep because Miguel Gutiérrez is convincing him how three holder when he does not choose to move Alaba or Nacho to that place. Right now the first white captain (although for practical purposes the bracelet is usually worn by Benzema) is exercising more of a formative role with the youth squad than as a production.
He will also recover Asensio and Isco, casualties in the match against Espanyol. The Spaniard had muscle discomfort in his left buttock, while the Malaga player suffered from back problems. An issue that has brought Arroyo de la Miel head over heels in recent seasons. Last season he could not travel to Huesca due to a case similar to the one that happened this week. With these five reinforcements, Ancelotti will expand its deck of options to form an eleven of guarantees.