Real Madrid and Real Sociedad faces are seen this Thursday (7:00 p.m.) in the Santiago Bernabeu in the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey, which are played in a single game, and will do so with several attractions on both teams, two of them (Marcelo and Valverde) because of ‘fault’ of key absences.
As it has occurred in the two previous qualifiers before the Unionists and Zaragoza, the Brazilian will return to ‘11’ in the KO tournament in order to make forget to Mendy. You will not have anything easy. The white set adds up 715 minutes without receiving goal with the French left side, while the second captain is still far from his best level, even more defensively. (The 5 players who would throw the penalties (if any) against Real)
So, Marcelo will have to bring out a great version, this time against a rival of First and very complicated, and do it in a band that seems decisive for the future of the game. In front, you will have For your, a real dagger in the right wing ‘txuri-urdin’ and that already generated more than a headache with the carioca Girona also past seasons.
Further, Zinedine Zidane can't count on Casemiro, down by a flu process, and every time that has happened (Valencia and Athletic Club in LaLiga and Zaragoza in the Cup) has opted for Valverde. The Uruguayan, a capital ‘all-time’, empties himself into the field, but the pivot position moves him considerably away from the rival area. Something logical.
The charrúa will have to see their faces in the medulla with players of the size of Odegaard and Oyarzabal, two players who take the reins of the game ‘txuri-urdin’ and I'm very vertical. It is not necessary to talk about their quality, they have it in abundance. Fortunately for him, players like Kroos, Modric, Isco or James they will give you a ‘cable’.