A Real Madrid in box for the casualties returns this Saturday to the ring before the Villarreal (4.15pm, Movistar LaLiga) after an eventful national team break with the inescapable mission of resuming the path of victory to forget the resounding defeat in Mestalla (4-1) and incidentally not to lose foot with the high zone of the classification.
The white expedition, with Florentino Pérez At the head, she traveled yesterday greatly diminished by her significant absences on all lines. Nacho Y Varane remain as the only plants available due to the loss of Bouquets Y Militao; Casemiro adds to the absence of Valverde and leaves the white team without defensive specialists in the core; and in attack the contagion of Jovic and some hip discomfort of Benzema they leave Mariano as the only '9'.
Uncertainty after the break
In addition, the Madrid returns from the break with the uncertainty of knowing how the most demanded internationals will respond (Kroos Y Modric), those returning from injury (Nacho Y Carvajal) and Eden Hazard, which returns to a call after overcoming the coronavirus with the obligation to lead the attack of the Madrid, orphan without Karim Benzema. A worrying outlook in Valdebebas since on the most immediate horizon looms the transcendental match against Inter of Milan in the Champions.
The Villarreal, toned
Before the Madrid must calibrate his moment and his state of mind before the toned Villarreal of Unai emery, a team in a clear ascending line looking for three points that provisionally catapult it to the top of the classification. Paco Alcacer it will be doubt until the last minute due to some muscular problems.
A white defeat at the hands of the Yellow Submarine would relight all the alarms and plunge the club into the prelude to a crisis that could be severe in the event of a setback in Milan. Zinedine Zidane, specialist escape safely from the most tricky situations when the sword of Damocles hangs over his head, he grabs the resilience of his group to save the onslaught in Vila-Real.
No backbone
To do this, of course, you must shape an unprecedented eleven marked by the absence of the spinal column that they form Bouquets, Casemiro Y Benzema. When the three pillars of the Zidane have not matched in the alignment (Cadiz, Shakhtar Y Valencia), the Madrid he has always been defeated this season. The good news for Zinedine Zidane is that it recovers Nacho Y Carvajal, two players aiming for ownership in the litmus test of the Estadio de The ceramic.