Isco lives one of his worst moments since he is a player of the Real Madrid. The man from Malaga has spent a couple of years being a leading actor for Zidane to have a residual role in the staff. Before him Cadiz it was shown again that the Frenchman does not count on him even as a plan B. Despite the casualties of Kroos Y Modric, He preferred to change the system by placing two players in the middle and gave entry to Antonio Blanco, a youth squad who barely added 25 minutes with the first team. The game coincided with Isco's 29th birthday.. Certainly a bitter celebration.
This season has not yet passed 1,000 minutes of play: bears 944. Has disputed 25 matches, of which only nine have been the owner. It is on track to be his worst campaign in this regard. In the last one, 2019/2020, he played 30, although the number of minutes was much higher 1.618. The difference is considerable considering the amount of injuries that Madrid has suffered this season. There are eight games left, so it is practically impossible that you can exceed the time played last year and it will be difficult to exceed the number of games played.
Gone are those days when the malagueño was a fundamental piece of this team. In their first two seasons far exceeded the 3,000 minutes and, in the next three, it never fell below 2,300. His first serious fall was in 2018/2019 (1,738). It aimed to be fundamental with Lopetegui, but the Basque was dismissed in October and arrived Solari, which practically did not have Isco. At the end of that same course, already with Zidane on the bench, he again enjoyed prominence.
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His bad moment suggests that his time at the white club could soon come to an end. It was close to leaving at the last winter market tired of not having opportunities. However, he ended up staying to fight for a position. At this point, after so many months out of the rotation despite the losses, everything indicates that this summer will search a new destination.