For injuries (Carvajal, Lucas Vázquez, Hazard), COVID (Varane) or for both reasons (Sergio Ramos), Real Madrid is facing with numerous low in defense of his most recent commitments, especially in his line of contention.
However, Zinedine Zidane has found in players of the call 'Unit
B’The answer I was looking for to cover these important absences with maximum solvency. Footballers like Nacho, Mendy Y Militao (Without forgetting Valverde), who until now had not had the minutes they would have wanted, are becoming the mainstay of the team.
Militao's confirmation
Eder Militao It is perhaps the most famous case in this regard. After playing just 469 minutes in the first 38 official games played by Real Madrid this season, he has accumulated 360 in the last four, accumulated in just 12 days.
The 23-year-old Brazilian seems to have found the point of form to justify the 50 million euros paid by Real Madrid to Porto in 2019 to take over their services. Forming with Nacho in the center of the defense, in these four games (Eibar, Barça and two against Liverpool) Real Madrid have only conceded one goal.
Nacho, 'titular'
Nacho Fernandez, a value always safe, especially in terms of versatility and regularity, it chains 14 starting matches, meetings that he has also completed on the field of play.
This Sunday, against Getafe at the Coliseum, he will rest: he meets the match of sanction by accumulation. A problem for ZZ, after making Nacho a ‘fixed’ in the last 14 games: 1,260 minutes in this time, for 807 in the first 28 of the season.
Mendy's year
And on the left-handed side, Ferland mendy, despite his gaps (especially in the offensive aspect), he has already won a game over Marcelo. The Frenchman, since January 1, has played everything except one game and the final 18 minutes of another: 1,698 minutes.
It is the year of its confirmation: globally, it is the outfield player with the most minutes in all competitions (3,197 spread over 37 games), surpassed only by Courtois (3,690 minutes in 41 games).