Vinicius, substitute without Hazard

Vinicius Jr started from the bench at San Mamés (2:00 p.m., Movistar LaLiga). The Brazilian was not part of the starting eleven despite Hazard's injury loss, being the white bands for Rodrygo and Asensio.

His football after the break is showing consistency, having played three games as a starter (against Real Sociedad, Mallorca and Getafe) and scoring a goal, the one harvested against Mallorca at Alfredo Di Stefano. Nonetheless, Zidane relegated him to the bench in a match of the importance of San Mamés.

Vinicius Jr always has minutes, Moreover, he has not been without participating in a match since January 26, against Valladolid. But his pending task is ownershipBecause of the twelve league matches that have been played since that day, he has only been a starter in five, all of them subsequent to his goal in El Clásico.

This was the alignment of Real Madrid, today, against Athletic Club: Courtois; Carvajal, Militao, Ramos, Marcelo; Casemiro, Valverde, Modric; Rodrygo, Asensio and Benzema.

Asensio returned to an eleven

The positive note was put by Marco Asensio, who for the first time since his serious injury in August he was a starter. To date, he had participated in all the post-quarantine meetings, except against Eibar and Espanyol, showing that he has not lost an iota of quality. Zidane, according to what was seen, bet on him to go back to eleven.