LaLiga returns for a Real Madrid harassed by casualties. Zinedine Zidane has had difficulties to compose the list given the limited availability of first team players. The white expedition has traveled to Villarreal with 20 players, of them only 17 with a first team card. Valverde, Ramos, Odriozola are out due to injury; Jovic has tested positive for coronavirus and must be isolated, while Militao and Casemiro's samples have yielded an inconclusive result in the tests. The two Brazilians, despite having returned to training after overcoming COVID-19, have stayed in Madrid as a precaution. In addition, Benzema, who dragged annoyances since the game at Mestalla, has not arrived on time either and has been left out of the list.
LaLiga Santander
* Data updated as of November 20, 2020
To complete the call with 20 players, Zidane has called Altube (third goalkeeper of the first team, but with a subsidiary file), Castilla central Víctor Chust and Juvenil A midfielder Óscar Aranda.
Possible eleven of Zidane in Villarreal-Real Madrid of LaLiga Santander
In this context, the possible eleven that Zidane has to start against Villarreal is made up of: Courtois; Lucas Vázquez, Nacho, Varane, Mendy; Modric, Kroos; Odegaard; Asensio, Mariano and Hazard. On the bench, Zizou will have 9 players for changes (this season 5 substitutions can be made) that he deems appropriate: Lunin, Altube, Carvajal –who returns to the list after his injury–, Chust, Marcelo, Isco, Aranda, Rodrygo and Vinicius.
Villarreal-Real Madrid, corresponding to the 10th day of LaLiga Santander, is scheduled for Saturday, November 21 at 4:15 p.m. and will be broadcast by Movistar LaLiga. Hernández Hernández, from Las Palmas, will be the referee for the match. In the VAR, to review the plays that are susceptible to video arbitration, will be the Balearic Cuadra Fernández.