Plan B gets ready

Real Madrid held their first training session of the week this Monday and again had their captain absent: Sergio Ramos continues to recover from his knee discomfort and exercised in the gym. It will not be on Wednesday in the Cup against Alcoyano (9:00 p.m., Telecinco and DAZN). Zidane's concern is that he will arrive in time to play on Saturday in Mendizorroza against Alavés (9:00 p.m., Movistar LaLiga), since he had planned to give him rest in the Cup even if he had been healthy. Who was with the group is Varane, who was substituted against Athletic by a stomp.

Despite the recovery of French, it will be Nacho and Militao who occupy the center of the rear in the premiere cup and on the bench will be Víctor Chust, a central Valencian from Castilla who has trained this Monday with the first team for the second day in a row. In training Zizou has had another castillista more: the midfielder Antonio Blanco, who will also enter the squad on Wednesday.

The Cup match will also be Lunin's debut with the white team, after he signed a year and a half ago. With Courtois in one of the best moments of his sporting career, the Ukrainian hasn't had a chance yet this season. But the Cup will be for him.

The duel against Alcoyano will also serve for the less common (Marcelo, Odriozola, Isco …) to vindicate themselves, after Zidane has barely rotated in recent games. With a January full of parties, Plan B must return to the main plane …