Real Madrid's return to competition after three months coincided with Marco Asensio's return to competition. There was as much or more hope among the white fans for seeing the Balearic again than for seeing their own team. And it is that after nine months of injury, and with the possibility of being able to play official matches until well into July, Asensio's return was one of the main attractions of this ‘new’ Madrid.
However, in the duel against Eibar, Zidane decided that the time had not come. Despite having a favorable scenario for his return (3-0 on the scoreboard), Asensio did not jump onto the pitch and attack players such as Vinicius or Gareth Bale did. To put all the cards on the table, it should be noted that Zidane was forced to make two changes due to inconvenience, those of Militao and Mendy for Carvajal and Ramos and that perhaps that was what truncated the re-release of ‘20’.
The truth is that, be that as it may, the white fans are still waiting for Marco Asensio and he, meanwhile, continues to give arguments to Zidane to return. The last one, an individual play that ended with a measured shot to the squad in the middle of a training session that impressed his teammates in Valdebebas. Given the images, the physical condition of the player is enviable as well as optimal and, against Valencia, it is expected that he can have his long-awaited return.
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If Zidane has already made it clear that with Hazard, Benzema and nine more he wants to win this League, the only position that is free is that of the right side that Rodrygo occupied against Eibar. A position in which Asensio does not usually play (he usually does it from the left) but that paradoxically enhances his performance more. Playing in the right lane, and having a prodigious left-footer like his, Asensio can have more impact on the team's game going into internal positions. In this way, his performance range becomes larger and does not limit his actions as it does on the left where the field ends if he wants to start with his good leg.
The site has it reserved, since neither Gareth Bale nor Rodrygo gave too many signs of having reserved it for the next matches. Nor does Vinicius, who is more used to playing in Hazard's lane and who, with the recovery of the Belgian, does not aim at much more than being a replacement for flamenco crack. That being the case, Marco Asensio's return to Real Madrid could be closer than ever. Perhaps agreed, yes, and that he only disputes an hour of the game, but only for that reason the Madrid fan will have already killed the bug of seeing one of the players who is most excited to see dressed in white.
