‘Do not get injured David
Silva'. With that appeal, many Txuri Urdin fans celebrated some of the last Real matches, all of them settled with victory. That moment has come. The Gran Canaria will be out for around two weeks and will miss about four games after suffering an injury on Sunday in Cádiz that can be classified as minor, but which will deprive Imanol of his presence in these decisive matches: a fiber break grade 1 on the biceps femoris on his left leg.
Silva he was injured in the discount of the Cádiz match, in one of the last plays of another match that he played in full. Imanol He did not include him in any of the five changes he made because, according to his decisions, he considers him the most irreplaceable footballer on the team: he is the only pillar that does not rotate. The 34-year-old midfielder is always a starter and has played 92.5% of the minutes in the last 11 games, eight in the League and three in the Europa League. Since he overcame the coronavirus, he's played pretty much everything.
SilvaConsequently, tomorrow's decisive match against AZ Alkmaar, in which Real will play a good part of their qualification options and Sunday's very transcendent clash against Villarreal, direct rival to date, in Anoeta. The normal thing is that the crack from City cannot enter into action either against Rijeka in Anoeta or against Alavés in Mendizorroza. Perhaps he can reappear in Naples on December 10, especially if it is essential to draw or win that match to be among the top two.
The absence of the Gran Canaria represents a major setback for the Real, although Imanol You are reassured by the guarantees offered by your potential substitutes. This season, more than ever, the Real is a squad with resources and there is a closet fund.
The alternatives
The most accused alternative is to place Oyarzabal in the position of Silva already Januzaj and Portu in the end posts with a battering ram, Willian
Joseph or Isak. I could enter directly into that equation Barrenetxea to the left. Another similar option, and perhaps the most daring, would be to delay the position of Januzaj to leave intact the trident formed by For your, Isak or Willian
Joseph Y Oyarzabal.
The entrance of Robert
Lopez in place of David
Silva it would represent perhaps the most natural replacement, a man-for-man swap that would not disrupt other team lines. The hand took its place on the first day of the League in Valladolid. In the second, against Madrid, Imanol chose to place Oyarzabal playmaker, with Januzaj Y For your in the bands e Isak ram.
The entrance of Merquelanz or the placement of a double pivot with Zubimendi, Guevara or Zubeldia, Y Merino playmaker are more remote possibilities.
Imanol He does not lose any one piece, he will have to do without a strategic one, which is central to his scheme, although it is certain that the coach will not make a drama today of his absence. David
Silva He has been the most used player of the entire realistic squad in the last 11 games, which have been played since he was completely cured of the coronavirus. The facts show that for Imanol He is the most decisive footballer or at least the most difficult to replace, as evidenced by two devastating data: he is the only footballer of the 26 from the first squad who has been a starter in these last 11 games and has also played 92.5% of the minutes of these bets, eight in the League and three in the Europa League.
La Real will play a good part of their chances of qualifying for the round of 32 of the Europa League against AZ Alkmaar tomorrow. Silva they played the three previous matches in the second continental competition in full, against Rijeka, Napoli and AZ in Anoeta.
In the League, the first match against Valladolid in Pucela was lost because it was still in quarantine. Now freed from the chains of covid-19, he made his debut against Real Madrid participating in the last 28 minutes. From there, he played 79 minutes in Elche, 68 against Valencia, 83 against Getafe, 84 against Betis, 76 against Huesca, 79 against Celta in Vigo where he scored, and 90 in the last two appointments against to Granada and Cádiz. Of the last five meetings, in four he heard the opening and final whistle from the grass.
Commendable behavior
The behavior of Silva during matches. He seemed unbreakable and indefatigable when seen squeezing without the ball in the final minutes of games. In fact, against Cádiz he was injured by looking for a ball on the band by throwing himself to the ground in discount. He has committed more fouls than he has received and his figures related to the distance traveled are very considerable. It is a great loss, that Imanol will not cry.