Fede Valverde is the 'joker' in the hand of Zinedine Zidane

Zidane is staying with few wins in his deck (Benzema, the Casemiro-Kroos-Modric trio, Courtois …) so he has decided get hold of Fede Valverde, a kind of wildcard that the same wins the hand by reinforcing the center of the field that open to the right band, What made in Vigo. A joker thinking, after the break, in Liverpool.

“Zidane trust him to die“, said last week in AS a Uruguayan ex-Madridista, Federico Magellan, in line with the return against Atalanta. That was the ultimate test. Casemiro was not there and he Birdie it showed off. His coach is equipping a system to compact Madrid more and if on the one hand he went to the line of three centrals, against Celta it was Valverde the fact that shored ahead and from a position of false extreme right. A role that Zidane likes. He started doing that test in the final of the Spanish Super Cup last year in Saudi Arabia and this course also opted for that proposal at the Camp Nou. There, the charrúa opened 1-3 white in the last Classic to date. Valverde, in Zidane's mind, is to be the energy contribution in the big games.

It doesn't seem like a bad mission watching the almost disproportionate wear who is suffering the triad of starting midfielders. Casemiro (82% of the minutes), Modric (79%) and Kroos (78%) are among the six madridistas with more minutes this course. Zidane came out chastened when he rotated, at once, the Croatian and the German in the 2-1 to Elche. Isco, since that ownership, has disappeared again in the dust of the road.

The Valverde mobility and his ability to navigate the trenches has led him to beat him the bid to less laborious options. Asensio, Despite his two heartwarming but filling goals in a row, he has come to find himself behind in his boss's plans since the derby, and Rodrygo Nor does he manage to warm up his engines to enter the right wing or to discuss with Vinicius his new status as a starter.

Bullets as a dress rehearsal for Liverpool before the national team break. To whom Valverde will not leave, after having suspended Conmebol on this FIFA date. More time for Zidane to outline the role of the wild card that can come to him from the movies.