Tobias trains with the elders

Despite not being able to debut in an official match yet, Vinicius Tobias (São Paulo, 18 years old), recently signed from Shakhtar (on loan until June 2023 with a purchase option of 18 million euros), he already trains with the first team. Ancelotti recruited him for the morning session and has decided to start integrating him into the ‘seniors’ routine. First teams can only have three non-EU countries and Real Madrid, for the moment, already has those places occupied: vinicius (very close to obtaining Spanish nationality; it is estimated that around July), Militao y Rodrygo (Both have already started the procedures, but progress is slow). That these processes prosper, as AS has been telling, will be essential not only for Tobias one day he can debut with the first team, but also so that the return of Kubo and/or Reinier.

With regard to the injured, a miracle was neither expected nor was it. Mendywith an adductor injury in his left leg, returned to work inside the facilities and remains a doubt, even for the first leg of the Champions League semifinals against City. Marcelo he should make it to that appointment (his discomfort, in the right adductor, is much less), but he will not be at Pizjuán and, predictably, neither will he be at El Sadar on Wednesday (9:30 p.m., Movistar LaLiga). Nacho points to left back tomorrow. The third absence was Hazardwhose rehabilitation process after being withdrawn on March 29 an osteosynthesis plate of the right fibula continues its natural course. The estimated recovery time for the Belgian was 30 to 45 days. Neither were Vallejo and Ceballos, due to Covid. The sixth casualty will be Casemiro, sanctioned.

Ancelotti proposed a soft session on the eve of visiting the best local Primera (next to Madrid itself). The team began with light warm-up exercises and moved on to two small rondos, where Tobias received the first hazing in the form of pipes and shafts. The Brazilian, who at first was seen to be shy, little by little he was seen to be looser. Possession, pressure and shots on goal were then carried out. It was the last session before trying to attack tomorrow, at 9:00 p.m., the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan. A match that, if Madrid wins it, could be worth half the League.