Behind the shock lived in the dressing room of the league champion when the 'false positive of Odegaard, Zidane has been able prepare calmly and without bad news the great game tomorrow at Villamarín (9:00 p.m.). Wait for the brand new Betis de Pellegrini, an old acquaintance of the Bernabéu, who will squeeze the whites after having done full of points. A new victory would be a boost for the Chilean project.
Zidane, although he does not say it publicly, he is worried by lack of goal and the aggressiveness of his team in the last meters. For this reason, for the French it has meant a breath that for Seville they join three attacking players who were on leave in San Sebastián due to physical problems: Hazard, Asensio and Lucas Vázquez. That will make the castillistas Marvin and Arribas, after his surprising debut in Anoeta, meet today out of the call as the entire staff is already available (a exception of the injured Militao and Mariano, convalescing after surgery for tonsillitis).
The Hazard entrance, even if he only scored one goal in the entire past course, it will allow Zidane to recover his player-franchise. The ankle discomfort seem to have subsided and also the overweight with which he arrived again after the summer break. The question is whether Zizou will dare to put him in the starting Villamarín (That was what he did in Madrid-Eibar, the first game after the stoppage forced by the pandemic) or if he leaves it for the second part as a revulsive as things go.
Asensio, on the trident
As soon as to Asensio, it is already known that the Mallorcan was a year ago at Zinedine's (Asensio-Benzema-Hazard) titular attacking trident. In June he finally reappeared after an ordeal of more than ten months and put his seal with three goals. Asensio debuts number, the '11', and his motivation is maximum to show that he can be the great player who was held back by a terrible injury in the stage preseason in the United States.
He has also recovered from his discomfort Lucas Vazquez, the 12th player for Marseille. The Galician knows that his technician believes in him and that's why bet to stay to fulfill the year of contract that he has left in Madrid. We only need to know how these returns will affect Vinicius and Rodrygo, the titular wings at the Reale Arena …