Benzema avoids risks

Benzema rushes his options to try to get to play the derby. The French striker, who had to be substituted in the match against Real with discomfort in the hamstrings of his left leg, went to Valdebebas yesterday to train, although Ancelotti had given the team a day off after the Champions League game against Atlético. So did Ceballos and Bale.

The tests carried out on Benzema yielded a very positive result. There was no tear in the area, but there was a clear symptom of muscle fatigue. The forward wants to prove himself in training the day before the game, on Saturday. There he will carry out part of the training with the group and will participate in the games and, according to the feelings, it will be decided if he is there to play. A decision that is usually made in a post-session meeting between the player himself, the medical staff and the coaching staff. In any case, an authorized source of the club indicates to this newspaper that the idea is not to take any risk with it. “If you feel 100% you will be. If not, it won’t. In no case is he going to put himself at risk or put the team at risk ”, they say.

Benzema and Vinicius are being the pillars on which Real Madrid is cementing its relaxed leadership in the League. The Frenchman has scored 12 goals in the championship and provided seven assists. Therefore, he has intervened in 19 goals of the 37 that the team has scored in the league, no less than 52%. For his part, Vinicius has drilled the opposing goal on ten occasions and has given three assists … The two are the most effective attacking duo of the big five leagues.

For Ancelotti the loss of Benzema would not be so important for the derby. The cushion of points harvested, eight with respect to the second, Sevilla, and ten with Atlético, endorses Benzema’s position of not taking risks. Furthermore, Jovic’s last two performances make the coaching staff feel that the position is well covered if the Frenchman were to be absent.