Hazard may not be the King but Madrid will be semifinalist

We will not be incurring any lies if we affirm that yesterday, at about 6:15 pm, when Zidane made public the call for this Thursday's game against the Real Society, we get a big disappointment. We all expected to see Hazard as one of the 19 names that the French concentrated for this momentous match, however, even though his eyes were on the screen twice or three times there was no sign of Eden.

It was obvious that Hazard he was going to take all the lights even if he just sat on the bench, a situation that Zidane He has preferred to avoid because, as we already told you in Central Defense, he considers this match against Real Sociedad “a final” and, therefore, he only wants players who are one hundred percent both physically and psychically. Therefore, because Eden is still at 75-80% of its best level, today it will not be in the field. The same happens to Casemiro, Carvajal or Luke, also ruled out by various problems. Zizou had it clear, only one hundred percent players … that's why Bale is not even though in this case the absence points more to a cause directly of trust than physical.

In any case, even if the garden (of the Bernabéu) does not have Eden this afternoon, the prize that is put into play in the Bernabeu It is no small thing, the pass to a semifinals of Copa del Rey. Almost nothing. The 'no title' that caused more damage to Zidane in its last stage, with that elimination against Leganés, and that has him on alert because this year he has between eyebrow and eyebrow, at least, achieve the national triplet (the icing on the Champions it would be the culmination to add to that League and Cup that you want so much with the Spanish Super Cup already conquered).

In the Madrid They are clear that the Royal Society is one of the worst rivals they could have. In fact, a few weeks ago the Basques curdled a great first half at the Bernabéu and that has more than warned those of Zidane. Will play Odegaard, the footballer called to lead the core of Madrid for many years but today will be rival, and is also expected to Vinicius (Although this ownership is less secure), another of the ‘men of the future’ although with clear improvement in the present. All in all, and despite Hazard missing it, a Real Cup match is expected. Being in ‘semis’ will not be cheap but Madrid has it.

POSSIBLE ALIGNMENTS

REAL MADRID: Areola; Nacho, Varane, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo; Valverde, Modric, Kroos; Isco, Benzema and Rodrygo or Vinicius.

REAL SOCIETY: Remiro; Zaldua, Aritz, Le Normand, Monreal; Merino, Zubeldia, Odegaard; Oyarzabal, Isak and Portu.

REFEREE: Mateu Lahoz (C. Valencian).

STADIUM: Santiago Bernabeu.

TIME: 19.00 (DAZN).