Zidane has a clear slogan: Isco is not indisputable, but he plays the important games. And the data shows it. Valued at 40 million according to Transfermarkt and with contract until 2022, the Malaga player has had a flirtatious step towards the return of football, having played only 315 ' minutes post-confinement. Of the eleven games he has only started in four, and many of them starting from the band. But the key is playing it.
Missed first three games after quarantine (Eibar, Valencia and Real Sociedad) due to hamstring discomfort. Already recovered, Zidane gave him 20 'before the Majorca and left such feelings, which was start the next two games (Espanyol and Getafe). In both he was replaced, exactly, in the 63rd minute.
He had returned to the dynamic, but he had to rotate like everyone, so he rested in San Mamés. It would be the last time I would. Before him Alaves it came out in the final minutes, coming fresh to be starter in the Granada final, when Zidane surprised by drawing a lineup with five midfielders.
Before him Villarreal, on the day of the 34th, also entered the final section, while it would be in Leganes when dysptriatry, for the first time after confinement, a full match. The data after the break puts you far from the front page, but the reality is that looking back he has participated in all the important moments.
Undisputed on big dates
He was a starter in both Classics, both in the victory at the Bernabéu (2-0) and in the draw at Camp Nou (0-0). They are not the only ones, Zidane also bet on him in the derby against Atlético de Madrid (1-0), in the final of the Spanish Super Cup (victory on penalties) and even in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16 against Manchester City.
Precisely that night, on February 26, 2020, he scored his last goal. An error in Rodri's ball output led to a counterattack that he was responsible for defining with a low shot to the right of Ederson. Unleashed madness at the Bernabéubut the whole cityzen would come back.
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The look, in the Eithad
Under the doctrine of ZZ I wouldn't miss it at all starter in the great game of the season. The French coach considers him a talented and reliable player. His versatility to play both in the medium like in the band opens a range of possibilities for August 7. Madrid is worth no other result than victory. It must be the day.
His last quality details were in Butarque, distributing a double assist. The first, serving a caramel that Ramos He headed to score his 100th goal with clubs: he thanked him by cleaning his boot at the celebration. The second, with a ball in depth that left Asensio only before Cuellar. The locker room knows he has a player in the squad and Isco asks for a place. Etihad, a large party, on the horizon.
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