Zinedine Zidane will face this Tuesday's match (22:00, Movistar LaLiga) against Athletic –corresponding to the 19th day of LaLiga Santander and advanced to adjust the schedule of the participants in the Spanish Super Cup– with a team very similar to the one that last Saturday's game against Atlético ended. The only planned variance with respect to the eleven that finished the derby is the entry of Modric (who was replaced by Valverde in 88 ') instead of Casemiro, who is serving a sanction after seeing the fifth yellow of the championship. The Uruguayan, who returned to the pitch against the rojiblancos after a month injured, will take the place of the Brazilian.
LaLiga Santander
* Data updated as of December 14, 2020
The defense will not undergo changes once Carvajal returned to the team after overcoming his last muscle injury. At the point Benzema is more indisputable than ever before the absences of Jovic and Mariano and the extremes, the position where Zidane has more options and more rotations, could be for Rodrygo on the right and Asensio on the left.
To recap, the possible eleven that Zidane has against Athletic can be made up of: Courtois; Carvajal, Varane, Ramos, Militao; Modric, Valverde, Kroos; Rodrygo, Benzema and Asensio. The Real Madrid coach has called up 20 players for the game, so he will have nine players on the bench for the five substitutions (if he decides to exhaust them) that he deems appropriate: Lunin, Altube, Odriozola, Nacho, Militao, Marcelo, Isco, Lucas Vázquez and Vinicius.
Possible eleven for Real Madrid in the match of the 19th LaLiga Santander match against Athletic.
In addition to the suspended Casemiro, Zidane has the casualties of the injured Odegaard, Hazard and the aforementioned Jovic and Militao.
Nine white footballers have already exceeded 1,000 minutes played in the 18 official matches that Madrid has played. They are Courtois (the only one who has played everything, 1,620 '), Varane (1,530'), Modric (1,248 '), Mendy (1,229'), Benzema (1,198 '), Casemiro (1,157'), Kroos (1,116 '), Lucas Vázquez (1,065 ') and Ramos (1,035').