Valverde played infiltrated

Fede Valverde has had to face one of the most complicated matches of his career. The Uruguayan played as a right-back, a position he had never played and he also did so with physical problems and an infiltrator. In the last hours, there was talk of whether he was in physical prime for the dispute of a match of this magnitude. Finally, Zidane put him in the starting eleven, although to face the duel he had to prick himself and deal with the pain.

This has been revealed by his partner Mina Bonino, through his Twitter account. The journalist has published a photo captured by herself in a video call this afternoon. In it, you can see Valverde's ankle notoriously swollen, a sign that he had had to take medication to be able to play the match.

In case there were doubts with the image, Mina Bonino put it into text: “This was this afternoon. I did not want to put anything until the game was over and surely later you challenge me for publishing it, but I must do it the same because it is your effort and nobody gave you nothing. Day and day prodding you to be firm and today you fulfilled more than ever. You are our pride“.

The 'Pajarito' performed at a high level, despite being out of position. He did not stop running and had a lot of work in the continuous arrivals of Liverpool on the goal of Courtois. Already in the second half, Zidane gave him oxygen by putting Álvaro Odriozola in. He did not sit the Uruguayan, but an exhausted Toni Kroos. At that moment, Valverde took a step forward and occupied the medullary. His great work and effort led him to be praised by the fans on social networks, to the point of being one of the first Trending Topic in Spain throughout the night.