Isco, from outlaw to lifeguard

No more goes to Isco. The image of the Madrid bench during his visit to Huesca was a poem: six men, fewer than the seven who dictated the football rules before the coronavirus, with two goalkeepers and only three full members of the first team (Lunin, Marcelo and Mariano), seasoned with three castillistas as Altube, Víctor Chust and Marvin. That was the panorama of Real Madrid at the moment, very affected by injuries, among them Isco's. The man from Malaga was not at El Alcoraz due to a puncture in his back, but he will do so today at Di Stéfano. And because of Kroos' sanction, he could start three months later …

The last time Zizou bet on Isco was on November 8, at 4-1 at the Mestalla where Madrid was awarded three penalties against. Perhaps, this time, it will be the last revalidation for the malagueño, who at the end of last year expressed to the club and the coach his desire to leave the team to have minutes from here to the end of the course, thinking about the option of Luis Enrique taking him to the Eurocup. His thoughts are, as AS reported, on following Lopetegui to Sevilla. Due to football closeness with the Basque and due to family closeness with his native Arroyo de la Miel.

Stuck until July

Zidane understood the Andalusian's motives, but vetoed his departure, something that for example he did not do in the case of Odegaard, who ended up at Arsenal for the same reason, namely the scant confidence that Zizou had shown him. Isco did not have that option, despite the fact that he has accumulated less than 500 minutes so far (specifically there are 473 '). A minute that makes him the 18th footballer of the white squad and that accounts for only 17.9% of the possible minutes this season, a minuscule figure compared to last season … where he played little but not so little: 35%.

The tough Getafe de Bordalás is the last bullet for the redemption for Isco because there has never been so much competition outside (Kroos, Valverde …) and because the white castillista comes tightening from below …