Real Madrid face Granada in the penultimate league game of the year this Wednesday 23 (7:45 pm, Movistar LaLiga) at the Alfredo Di Stéfano. A game for which Zinedine Zidane recovers troops and, for the first time this season, he will have to make a discard to close his call-up of 23 players. The meeting corresponds to matchday 15 of LaLiga Santander.
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* Data updated as of December 22, 2020
The only casualty with which the whites face the game is that of Luka Modric. The Croatian was substituted in the 72nd minute of the match against Eibar with a blow to the adductor. As soon as he left the field, ice was applied to the area. “We hope it will be little, but we are not going to risk it,” Zidane said at a press conference. In the discharge chapter, the Madrid coach recovers Vinicius, who missed the Ipurua match due to gastroenteritis, Isco and Hazard. The Belgian returns to the list after missing the last five games with a muscle injury.
Possible eleven of Zinedine Zidane for Real Madrid-Granada.
The possible starting eleven that the Madrid coach can line up against the Nasrid team is made up of: Courtois; Carvajal, Varane, Ramos, Mendy; Valverde, Casemiro, Kroos; Lucas Vázquez, Benzema and Vinicius.
Possible eleven of Real Madrid against Granada in the League. ACE
For the bench, Zidane will have to make a discard from among the other 13 players he has called up: Lunin, Altube, Odriozola, Nacho, Militao, Marcelo, Odegaard, Isco, Rodrygo, Asensio, Hazard, Jovic and Mariano.
In the last three games, nine players have been fixed in Zidane's eleven. The coach has only modified the team to cover the loss of Casemiro – who served a sanction – against Athletic and Vinicius in Ipurua. Against Granada, the variant will be the absence of Modric.