Six days before the decisive second leg of the semifinals of the Champions League against him Chelsea, Zinedine Zidane you cannot yet count on two of the pillars of your team: Ferland mendy Y Fede Valverde.
The French lane was overloaded in Anfield And, although he was scheduled to be absent for about 10 days, two weeks have already passed and he continues to work apart from his colleagues. Zidane will not hasten his return and everyone in Madrid is holding their breath waiting for him to be available next Wednesday against the Chelsea.
The bad time of Marcelo, added to the possible loss of the Brazilian because he has to be at a polling station for the elections to the Madrid's community the day before the crash, and the lack of more spare parts on the left-back leave Madrid with hardly any resources in the event that Mendy did not arrive on time.
Fede Valverde, meanwhile, continues to recover from the covid and has not yet been to the sports city of Valdebebas. The Uruguayan player is pending to test negative in a third PCR and he is not expected against Osasuna either but in Stamford Bridge.
The returns of Mendy Y Valverde They would give a lot of air to a Madrid that is physically on the edge. The set of Zidane he was very tired in the first leg against Chelsea. Especially fatigued they seemed Kroos Y Modric, highly demanded throughout the course. The incorporations of the French and the Uruguayan, two of the players with the most deployment of Madrid, would allow the whites to match the physical power of the team as a whole. Tuchel.