Valladolid meant the end of the project Asier
Garitano in a Alaves where he debuts tonight (Alfredo Di Stéfano Stadium, 10:00 p.m.) Juan
Ramon
Lopez
Muñiz. The Asturian coach assumes the responsibility of directing the last four games of the babazorros in the League with the aim of ensuring permanence, but in a final straight line with Barcelona, Betis, Getafe as next rivals and that starts today against a Real
Madrid who wants to regain his four-point lead lead.
The situation that has been found Lopez
Muñiz at Alaves it is not simple. The final stretch of the season is a trap full of crocodiles. It has a cushion of points on the increasingly shorter descent. You can already feel the breath of Mallorca on the nape of the neck. His mission now is to make that difference, now reduced to three points, be enough to avoid falling to Second.
It is clear that you need to add something else. You don't have to wait. You need a positive result and as soon as possible. If it can be today, the better. The babazorros have chained five defeats in a row. They want a joy to rearm their morale.
A victory in Madrid
However, the presentation of Lopez
Muñiz as coach of Alaves It will be before one of the most complicated possible rivals, a Real
Madrid which the albiazul team has only managed to win on one occasion at home. It was in May 2000 when the babazorros won 0-1 in the Santiago
Bernabéu thanks to a bit of Azkoitia a few minutes from the end.
That is the only positive result of the Alaves in Madrid. The rest of his visits in the LeagueThirteen have been defeated. Since the last promotion to First, Gasteiztarras have visited the Real
Madrid on three occasions and on three, they have been thrashed.
Statistics are bad, but the Alaves He is in a hurry and travels with the illusion of giving a surprise that allows him to break the losing streak. Lopez
Muñiz He has had five days to land and prepare for the game. They are not many, but the calendar does not allow more. The Asturian coach will not be able to count on Pacheco not with Ruben
Duarte, but will feature an alignment with the team's heavyweights. The goal will be for Robert
Jimenez. In defense, they will be Martin, The guard, He and and Adrian
Marin, while in the center of the field will act as a pivot Fejsa with a four line ahead with Edgar
Mendez, Thomas
Pineapple, Camarasa and Luis
Rioja with Joselu at the point of attack.
Those will be the eleven blue and white men who will try to break the streak of results of the Real
Madrid since the League. The whites have chained a full of victories that have allowed them to launch for the title. They advance at one point to Barcelona, in second place, but with a win tonight they would extend that distance to four points.
Madrid accumulates losses in defense, but recovers Hazard and Vinicius may be after giving negative yesterday in the coronavirus test
However, if the duel is not easy for Lopez
Muñiz neither is it for Zinedine
Zidane. The French coach faces the clash tonight with a defense of circumstances. Casualties accumulate. Sergio
Ramos and Dani
Carvajal are sanctioned and Nacho, injured. To them is added the absence of Marcelo also due to a physical problem. At least get back to Varane to accompany Militao in the center of defense. On the sides, they could be Mendy, on the left, and a converted Luke
Vazquez, on the right.
More to choose from you will have Zidane in midfield and in attack in a match in which he could return Hazard to ownership after missing the last three games. It will not be one hundred percent. He will fight for a position with a Vinicius that he could not train yesterday due to a false positive of coronavirus.