Dani carvajal was one of the great names of Luis Enrique’s list for the decisive qualifying matches for the Qatar World Cup in view of Greece and Sweden. The coach called the Madrid side again and thus ended the ‘veto’ to the players of the white team, since it had been 235 days that none had attended the national team since he did Sergio Ramos in the international break last March.
The return of the right-hander to the national team represents another chapter in his long struggle to end once and for all the physical problems (especially muscular) that have led him down the path of bitterness since 2018. Since his last reappearance in the Camp Nou classic, Carvajal has been gaining continuity with the passage of the parties until he managed to convince Luis Enrique, which left him out of the Eurocup precisely due to ailments that only allowed him to play 15 games last season.
This season the Leganés lane player has participated in 10 of the 16 matches that the Real Madrid and was on leave for a month due to an injury suffered in Mestalla September 19. After playing in the Camp Nou, Carvajal has been headline against Osasuna, Shakhtar and Rayo and it was in this last confrontation when he offered his best version. He percussed on the right wing, successfully closed his band and showed great harmony with Marco Asensio.
“I want to demonstrate, to return to my highest level and for that I am working. Trying with good games and training to be at the top,” Carvajal said last week, being honest about the ordeal that has happened for a while now. “I’m practically already in my head, it has been the most complicated part, it is the one that controls everything and assuming and trying to find the cause of a negative period with injuries has been my greatest precaution. To this day I feel very well, clean upside down, eager and sure that with a positive mentality everything will go well, “said the Real Madrid player, who hopes to start being important for Luis Enrique to have a place in the World Cup.
Carvajal’s pending account
It is precisely the great national team tournaments that are the outstanding account of Dani carvajal. The Leganés, about to turn 30, has been the undisputed starter with Madrid since 2013 as long as his injuries have been respected but he has had little weight in the national team, with which he has only added 25 caps since his debut on September 4 of 2014 by the hand of Vicente del Bosque. His last match with La Roja dates back more than a year, against Germany on September 3, 2020.
So much so that to date it has only been able to participate in one great tournament, the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Lopetegui waited for him despite being injured in the Champions League final a few weeks before but he only participated in two games. In 2014 Del Bosque opted for Juanfran and Azpilicueta, in 2016 he was left out due to injury and the same happened to him Luis Enrique at the Euro.
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