Rodrygo gains muscle

Hazard's physique has been one of the surprises in Madrid's return to competition. Finer, with no trace in the profile of the months of inactivity due to his ankle injury. It was also Rodrygo's new body. The Brazilian has done the opposite way, took advantage of the confinement to 'widen'. According to what AS could know, the Real Madrid pearl continued in the gym that he has installed in his house an intense plan with which he has gained about three kilos of muscle.

The club asked him, like Vinicius in 2018, to acquire more muscle mass to better adapt to European football. Also to make the logical transition between a child's body and the physique of an adult soccer player because Rodrygo still 19 years old, will not be 20 until next January 9. As happened to Odegaard, a footballer with a weak physique until two seasons ago, who was also made to gather mass to resist rival onslaught, is still in development.

He was guided by his usual 'coach'

To achieve this, he has relied on one of his most trusted men. Marcel Duarte He is a personal trainer accustomed to treating elite athletes in Brazil and one of those who knows Rodrygo's body best. He has been helping him with personal training in Sao Paulo since the Real Madrid player was 13 years old. He has practically guided his career step by step and continues to do so. Duarte passed the confinement in Rodrygo's house and drew up a plan for him that combined demanding strength training with weights. The Brazilian returned to Valdebebas with a more developed musculature after that physical crush and was one of the footballers, along with Hazard and the peak of form of Bale, who gave the most to speak in the staff technical.

The result could be seen last Sunday against Eibar. Before the stop by Covid-19, Zidane temporarily indicated the way for Castilla so that he had minutes, but when the League returned the Marseillaise gave him the opportunity on the right side of the offensive trident, overtaking Bale, Asensio and Brahim. Rodrygo sported a more muscular lower body. One more step in its growth in Madrid and in European football. From the Golden Boy nomination to see how its price has not diminished it nor the coronavirus crisis. He is the most valued Madrid player (€ 81.4M) according to a study by the CIES Observatory. Rodrygo grows, in every way.