Modric fell against Eibar, with a muscular overload that required caution, and against Granada it was Rodrygo's turn. The Brazilian fell in the first half after feeling a whiplash in the back of his right thigh, a muscle injury affecting the tendon of the right biceps femoris that will have him out for three months. It is not a new phenomenon, Casemiro pointed it out again after the victory over the Nasrid team: “There are many games, little rest, the preseason has not been good …”. A palpable reality: only four players of the 24 Real Madrid players have been available for Zidane in all the matches of the course.
And two of them are the goalkeepers, Courtois and Lunin. The other two are two French defenders, Varane and Mendy, who do not fall despite the accumulation of games and minutes: the center-back accumulates 1,800 ', while the full-back has 1,499' on the field. Varane stopped only once, at home against Huesca, while Mendy has been able to rotate more thanks to the presence of a Marcelo who increasingly convinces Zidane less, but still has had more than 500 minutes.
Hazard, the most punished
If injuries have been primed with a player so far, it has been with Hazard, who has already reached the preseason touched on his right ankle (the one that had to be operated on last year and that caused him two important periods of sick leave) and that adds three muscle injuries and a coronavirus infection. COVID-19 infections are not especially prevalent with the white team, but they have also had their influence on Zidane's plans. In addition to the Belgian, they have surpassed the SARS Cov-2 in the Madrid squad Mariano (last season), Jovic, Militao and Casemiro.