The Real Madrid a date is marked in red on the calendar: Saturday, November 21. That day, at 4.15 p.m., the team of Zidane will return to the ring after the national team stoppage in a tricky League match against him Villarreal from Unai emery in the stadium of The ceramic with the mission of leaving behind the shameful defeat in Mestalla. The French coach will only be able to have one day of training to work with all the available troops when the 11 internationals of their respective concentrations are incorporated. That is if there are no mishaps in the form of injuries and the FIFA virus does not fill the white infirmary even more.
The last precedent after a selection break is not at all flattering. Following the international commitments in early October, the set of Zinedine Zidane suffered two well-known and against prognosis stumbles in the Alfredo Di Stéfano before him Cadiz in The league and in front of Shakhtar on the first day of the group stage of the Champions.
Against the recently promoted Andalusian team, the Marseille coach opted for rotations to give rest to the players most physically punished during the break, in the event of Casemiro or Fede Valverde. Also, that fateful day the Madrid lost to Bouquets for a blow to the knee.
The absence of the captain was decisive in the premiere in the Champions, where Madrid was surprised at home by a Shakthar that was presented in Valdebebas in box because of the Covid-19. After an unfortunate first half, the white team went to the locker room with a blushing 0-3 in the light. Although there was improvement in the resumption, Madrid complicated its way in the Champions with a 2-3 loss.
The Madrid he hopes to have learned the painful lesson of last October for the game against Villarreal. The duel before those of Emery It also precedes the decisive match that Madrid will have to face in the Champions against him Inter de Milan at San Siro on Wednesday, November 25. If after the October break, Madrid had a certain margin to allow themselves two slips, before Villarreal and Inter your future will be played on The league and in the Champions.