Carvajal grows

Dani Carvajal, player prone to muscle injuries throughout his career (especially in the final stages of the seasons), He is showing in this restart of LaLiga an impressive strength and resistance of which Real Madrid takes advantage. The last example, in the victory against Getafe at Di Stéfano last Thursday in which the Whites prevailed (1-0) with a penalty goal, transformed by Ramos. A penalty caused by Carvajal, in one of his classic climbs on the right lane; Olivera fully swallowed the cut of Leganés and the white captain did not fail from eleven meters so that Madrid's distance from Barcelona stood at four points, a world with only five days to play.

The situation for Carvajal is not easy: he has not had natural substitutes in the squad since Madrid gave Odriozola to Bayern last winter market. Zidane, who had completely lost confidence in the Donostiarra, surrendered to Carvajal and the skills of Nacho and Militao to play on the side in times of need. “We know we have a large workforce, there are possibilities. But at the moment Dani is playing, it's fine and we'll see later how we can do it. There are positions where we have many players, although there are many games, “explained Zidane before Madrid-Mallorca.

A wardrobe depth that really is not such. Carvajal has played 495 540 minutes since the restart of LaLiga, 92%; only the second half was lost to Eibar with a sprained ankle and Zidane, far from lining up Militao in place, pulled Mendy, a left back. The performance of the Brazilian at Betis's home in that lane greatly disappointed the coach, leaving Carvajal as the only options to replace Mendy, as an emergency solution, or Nacho, still injured, although on the way to returning to the team dynamics . While the alcalaíno arrives, Zizou squeezes Carvajal, who also did not rotate against Getafe and still left a very competent performance: 10 recoveries, nine duels won from 15, 79% of good passes …

Carvajal and the sale of Achraf

There is currently a current within the white fans that does not fully understand how Madrid has given the green light to Achraf's transfer to Inter Milan in exchange for 40 million fixed and another five for objectives. This sector believes that the ideal would have been for the Spanish-Moroccan to return to Madrid after his two-year loan in Dortmund to fight for the job with Carvajal. and that the team would benefit greatly from said competition. Nothing strange, and it is true that Achraf had a place in the squad of the next course, but also the Getafe lane knows that the shadow of Carvajal, the starting winger in the last four Champions League of Real Madrid, is long and that his minutes were not assured at all.

Hence, he asked to leave to continue growing, in a team that has been reinforcing itself with top-level players (such as Eriksen) and who wants to turn the situation around in Italy, where Juventus' dominance borders on the dictatorship. Madrid has kept a scoring option for the next five years with the idea that, if Achraf continues its progression, the club has the opportunity to play it back when the moment of Carvajal has passed. But Leganés, at 28, is still very much in force. As demonstrated against Getafe.