Nacho again

Real Madrid continues with the infirmary full of right backs. Not one or two have fallen, but up to three. Because to those who have their natural position there, Carvajal and Odriozola, titular and substitute theoreticians, we must add to Militao, that in his career he has played on the wing almost the same times (42) as in the center of defense (56). With the medical part like this, the figure of Nacho (30 years old) reappears for Cádiz (Saturday, 6:30 p.m., Movistar LaLiga).

The youth squad, a boy for everything from Zidane and his predecessors, has previous experience on that side. In it he exceeds thirty games, the last one just before the selection break. It was at La Cerámica, at 0-2 at Levante. The French coach, who may have switched bands to Mendy as a patch, he preferred to bet on the Complutense, which left some discreet statistics. He had a 95% success in the pass, he was the one who focused the most (4), provided an anticipation and six recoveries, he made one fault and they made him two. However, he ended up as the madridista plus dribbled (3) and lost nine balls.

Nacho seeks to make up for his season with fewer minutes

Without fanfare, his performance reached a level to repeat this day at Di Stéfano, even more so when Mendy came from traveling with France. Carvajal will be out until December, approximately, and his first relief, Odriozola, he continues to train inside the facilities due to a blow to his calf. This opportunity that the Basque cannot take advantage of because of this inconvenience he wants for himself Nacho, who has not accumulated two consecutive starts in the League for just over a year, when at the end of September he started against Osasuna and Atlético. On both days, Madrid kept the door to zero: 2-0 and 0-0.

This continuity would give a lot of oxygen to a Nacho that the previous year, due to injuries and the signing of Militao, lost weight in the team. He barely played 685 minutes in ten games, his lowest data since he entered the first squad regularly, in 2012-13. Then he played more with both Castilla (1,710 and 19) and with the majors (863 and 13). Now, in addition, at Di Stéfano awaits you a very special enemy, another madridista from birth and training in Valdebebas: his brother, Álex Fernández.