With an hour and a half late on the usual schedule, the Real Madrid squad began preparing for Saturday's game against Betis (9:00 p.m.). The arrival time in Madrid after the victory over Cádiz (they landed around 04:00 in the morning: they traveled by bus from Cádiz to Seville to fly from the city of Seville), motivated Zidane to delay the session in Valdebebas: it happened from being at 11:00 in the morning to 12:30.
The absences of Kroos and Modric were again the negative note. Both of them exercised inside the facilities. The first continues with some muscular ailments in the adductor With which he has been for almost a month: they are the ones that forced him to leave the last German concentration (March 23). With Kroos, Zidane wants to be cautious to have him available before Tuesday (9:00 pm) in the semifinals of the Champions League against Chelsea. It is practically ruled out for the match against the Betis. Modric, meanwhile, suffered a muscle strain on his back, which prevented him from traveling and playing against Cádiz. As with Kroos, Zidane prefers to be cautious. In training on Friday we will see if it can be from the game or not.
In the same, Hazard was back with the rest of his companions. Everything indicates that he may have minutes against the verdiblanco team with a view to playing his former team. The Belgian who has already overcome his ailments, but with whom they have not wanted to take risks due to his large number of muscle injuries, will be one of the assets that Zidane has against the London team. For their part, the three injured players (Sergio Ramos, Lucas Vázquez and Mendy) continue with their recovery processes.